The Vanden Vikings and the Pioneer Patriots are set to duel on Friday. Vanden is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.6 points per game this season.
On Friday, Vanden needed a bit of extra time to put away Wood. They snuck past the Wildcats with a 36-30 victory. Winning may never get old, but the Vikings sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Kalani Mcleod was his usual excellent self, throwing for 371 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.5% of his passes. His passing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 319 passing yards. Chris Clark was another key player, picking up 164 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Pioneer was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 12-7 to Rodriguez. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 379th, while the Mustangs are ranked 124th).
Pioneer didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Tiburcio Silva and Devion Corley. Silva also made six total tackles, which is notable because Pioneer is undefeated when he posts at least four total tackles, but 2-4 otherwise.
Vanden's win bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Pioneer, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
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