Escalon has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars challenges the Woodland Christian Cardinals at 7:00 p.m.
Escalon will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they came back down to earth on Friday after soaring to a 25-point match in their last game. They fell just short of Hughson by a score of 24-21.
Escalon's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Ben Gonzalez, who rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, and Dylan Ball, who gained 122 total yards and two touchdowns. Those 99 rushing yards gave Gonzalez a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Woodland Christian had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They blew past the Mavericks 39-6 at home. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won four matchups by 33 points or more so far this season.
Escalon has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4 record this season. As for Woodland Christian, their win was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
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