The Winters Warriors will challenge the Gridley Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Winters will be strutting in after a victory while Gridley will be coming in after a loss.
Winters is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Rio Vista: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Winters blew Rio Vista out of the water with a 77-0 final score. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warriors.
Winters can attribute much of their success to Lane Brown, who rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and Sebastian Rodriguez, who rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns. Rodriguez got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 56 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Gio Jimenez, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Winters was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 547 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Winters wouldn't let Rio Vista keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Winters can thank Julian Herrera and Ricky Garcia for forcing both of them. Herrera is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Gridley kicked off their season on the road last Friday and hit a couple of potholes. They fell 22-10 to University Prep.
Despite the defeat, Gridley had strong showings from Gus Stogsdill, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown, and Luis Murillo, who rushed for 95 yards on only 11 carries.
Everything went Winters' way against Gridley when the teams last played back in October of 2015 as Winters made off with a 35-14 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Winters since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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