Troy entered their matchup against Foothill on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Troy Warriors were just a hair shy of victory and fell 42-41 to the Foothill Knights. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (33), the Warriors still had to take the loss.
Gino Marchetti was his usual excellent self, rushing for 126 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, while also throwing for 223 yards and a touchdown for Foothill. The dominant performance gave Marchetti a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Nathan Gouvion, who gained 134 total yards and two touchdowns.
Having lost for the first time this season, Troy fell to 3-1. As for Foothill, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Troy will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Segerstrom at 7:00 p.m. on September 27th. Troy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 point or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Segerstrom likes a good challenge. As for Foothill, they will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against Capistrano Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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