It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Wheatland can now relate to. They took a 41-25 bruising from the Lathrop Spartans on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 335th, while the Spartans are ranked 122nd).
Wheatland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Julisa Lopez.
Lathrop found their leader in sophomore Faith Allen, who rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown. Those 65 rushing yards gave Allen a new career-high.
This is the second loss in a row for Wheatland and nudges their season record down to 9-10. As for Lathrop, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 19-3.
Wheatland does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lathrop, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 27-20 win against Fairfield on the 31st.
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