The Taft Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the West Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Taft will be strutting in after a win while West will be coming in after a loss.
Taft is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Delano 54-26. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Wildcats had established a 27-point advantage.
Joe Weber
| 10/31/25 vs Delano | 136 |
| 08/22/25 @ Immanuel | 122 |
| 08/29/25 vs Del Oro | 85 |
| 10/24/25 @ Kennedy | 81 |
| 10/03/25 vs Shafter | 79 |
Taft's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Joe Weber, who rushed for 136 yards and a pair of scores on only 15 carries, and also picked up 97 receiving yards and two TDs. Those 136 rushing yards gave Weber a new career-high. Hunter Melton did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 87 receiving yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Taft was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Taft didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Weber and Brock Fuller. Weber got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Meanwhile, West lost 35-15 to North on Friday. The Vikings have struggled against the Stars recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Taft will have to contain Solomon Harris as he made an impact in West's last game. He rushed for 110 yards and one touchdown, and also threw for 144 yards and one TD on only eight passes. Harris' passing game has become a key predictor of West's success: the team is 5-1 when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 1-3 otherwise.
Taft's record is now 3-7. As for West, they suffered their first road defeat, dropping their record down to 6-4.
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