The West Ranch Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Hart Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
West Ranch is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 36 points on September 5th, they were much more limited against Thousand Oaks last Friday. They lost 30-7 to the Lancers. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Lancers are ranked 128th).
Meanwhile, Hart had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 34-14 margin over the Grizzlies. Hart's victory was all the more impressive since the Grizzlies were averaging only 13.4 points allowed on the season.
West Ranch's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Hart, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
West Ranch strolled past Hart in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 42-25. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Ranch since the squad 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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