The Dinuba Emperors will venture away from home to take on the Mission Oak Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Dinuba and four for Mission Oak.
Dinuba is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. The contest between them and Tulare Union wasn't particularly close, with Dinuba falling 43-29. While losing is never fun, the Emperors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 462nd, while the The Tribe are ranked 100th).
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Mission Oak's offense. They were beaten by Hanford 49-0 on Thursday.
Dinuba's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Mission Oak, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
Dinuba and Mission Oak were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but Dinuba came up empty-handed after a 28-27 loss. Thankfully for Dinuba, Daniel Gonzalez (who threw for 282 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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