Sonoma Valley has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Hayward Farmers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Sonoma Valley took their match with ease, bagging a 35-7 win over Healdsburg. Given the Dragons' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 290th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 801st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cayden Waldrop was his usual excellent self, rushing for 198 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Those 198 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Sonoma Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Colin Buckley and Connor Cooper. Another thorn in Healdsburg's side was Luis Botello, who picked up two sacks and made three total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Hayward had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They blew past the Huskies 47-15.
Sonoma Valley pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 32.8 points. As for Hayward, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
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