The South San Francisco Warriors will host the Woodside Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, South San Francisco strolled past Santa Clara with points to spare, taking the game 28-14. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warriors.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Woodside). They blew past Homestead 77-12 at home on Friday. With the Wildcats ahead 56-6 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
It was another big night for Evan Usher, who rushed for 142 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Jacobo, who rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Woodside was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 291 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in 15 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Woodside didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. Graden Furtado picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
South San Francisco's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Woodside, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-2.
South San Francisco suffered a grim 34-13 defeat to Woodside in their previous matchup back in September of 2022. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Usher, who rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns. Now that South San Francisco 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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