The Ripon Indians will challenge the Liberty Ranch Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Ripon won a game that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Hilmar 27-26.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Liberty Ranch on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Galt out of the water with a 49-0 final score. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 405th, while the Warriors are ranked 877th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty Ranch's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Wyatt Blevins, who rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also threw for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only six passes. Blevins' longest rush was for an impressive 67 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Camren Hudson was another key rusher, rushing for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Liberty Ranch is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.7 points per game. As for Ripon, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-6.
Ripon and Liberty Ranch were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but Ripon came up empty-handed after a 14-13 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Liberty Ranch's Joseph Brown, who rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. Now that Ripon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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