The Amador Valley Dons will face off against the Acalanes Dons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,073 yards in their previous games.
Acalanes is facing Amador Valley at the wrong time: Amador Valley suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 34-28 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lions. The loss continues a trend for the Dons in their matchups with the Lions: they've now lost three in a row.
Amador Valley might have lost, but man, Tristan Tia was a machine: he rushed for 90 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 271 yards and a touchdown while completing 74.1% of his passes. Tia has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. A healthy portion of that aerial production (105 yards to be exact) went to Ben Stout.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Acalanes). They really took it to College Park for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-28 win at home. Considering the Dons have won three matchups by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Austin Wampler was his usual excellent self, rushing for 204 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Tyler Winkles, who threw for 301 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.3 yards per attempt.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Acalanes was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 348 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Amador Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Acalanes, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Amador Valley has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 158.5 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Acalanes has preferred to attack from the air: they average 287.2 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Amador Valley skirted past Acalanes 14-12 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Will Amador Valley repeat their success, or does Acalanes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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