The Oakland Wildcats will venture away from home to square off against the Kennedy Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Oakland's defense has only allowed 13 points per game this season, so Kennedy's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Oakland is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Arcata just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. The matchup between them and the Tigers wasn't particularly close, with Oakland falling 38-20. 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 743rd, while the Tigers are ranked 318th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kennedy). They strolled past Mission with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 31-16. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Having lost for the first time this season, Oakland fell to 3-1. As for Kennedy, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Oakland lost to Kennedy on the road by a decisive 28-12 margin in their previous meeting back in October of 2014. Can Oakland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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