Foothill is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Shasta is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Foothill Cougars will host the Shasta Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Foothill is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 47-0 victory over Corning. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 25 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Shasta blew past Las Plumas, posting a 35-6 win on the road. While fans of the Wolves might be used to big wins, the 29-point margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Justin Polley was his usual excellent self, throwing for 226 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.5% of his passes, and also rushing for 58 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. A healthy portion of that aerial production (88 yards to be exact) went to Owen Boesiger.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Shasta was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Foothill's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Shasta, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Foothill and Shasta were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but Foothill suffered an agonizing 35-34 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Polley, who rushed for 155 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also threw for 156 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. Now that Foothill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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