Tracy and Turlock are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Tracy Bulldogs will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Turlock Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tracy will be strutting in after a victory while Turlock will be coming in after a defeat.
Tracy is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against West. Tracy really took it to West for the full four quarters, racking up a 47-6 win on the road. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-0.
Meanwhile, Turlock couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They fell 41-28 to Rocklin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the Thunder are ranked 26th).
Despite the loss, Turlock saw an underclassman step up: Scout Silva rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 237 yards and two touchdowns. 94 of those passing yards were hauled in by Leo Contreras.
Tracy took a serious blow against Turlock in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, falling 43-14. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Tracy was down 29-7.
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