After flying high against Antelope Valley last Thursday, West Ranch came back down to earth. The West Ranch Wildcats lost 30-7 to the Thousand Oaks Lancers on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 284th, while the Lancers are ranked 110th).
Cooper Jackson threw for 72 yards on 11 of 21 attempts.
Andrew Hamilton was his top target, picking up 30 receiving yards. On the ground,
Luke Deperno rushed for 42 yards.
A big part of the victory came down to the chemistry between Jackson Taylor and his top target Hayden Vercher. Taylor threw for 182 yards and two touchdowns while Vercher picked up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
West Ranch's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Thousand Oaks, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-1.
West Ranch will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Hart at 7:00 p.m. on September 27th. As for Thousand Oaks, they will face off against Simi Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Simi Valley is coming into the game with three straight victories on the road, so Thousand Oaks will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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