The Durham Trojans will challenge the Paradise Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither Durham nor Paradise posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Durham will head out to face Paradise after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Durham lost 34-9 to Winters. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 794th, while the Warriors are ranked 348th).
Despite the loss, Durham had strong showings from Jack Stephens, who picked up 99 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Perry Phillips, who threw for 158 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Paradise fell victim to Gridley and their airtight defense on Friday. They were beaten by the Bulldogs 41-0. That makes it the first time this season the Bobcats have let down their home crowd.
This is the second loss in a row for Durham and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Paradise, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Durham took a serious blow against Paradise when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 43-0. Can Durham avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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