Woodland unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They were beaten by the Woodland Christian Cardinals 52-14 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 744th, while the Cardinals are ranked 225th).
Although Woodland took the loss, they still got scores from Ruger Hays and Cohen Dwyer.
Even if they lost, Woodland's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Shayaan Khan refused to say out of the backfield, picking up 1.5 sacks all by himself. Another thorn in Woodland Christian's side was Cash Harrison, who picked up 0.5 sacks and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Woodland will venture away from home to take on Lincoln at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. As for Woodland Christian, they will head out to challenge St. Vincent de Paul at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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