The San Jose Bulldogs's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Novato Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
San Jose's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Silver Creek on Thursday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 42-0 to the Raiders, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The loss continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Raiders: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Novato blew past Encinal, posting a 34-7 victory at home.
Novato can attribute much of their success to Trevor Cleary, who threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 51 yards. Novato also got a significant boost from John Demartini, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 122 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Novato was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Novato's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Tyler Smith and Dominic Scafani.
San Jose now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Novato, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
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