The Clear Lake Cardinals will challenge the Willits Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Clear Lake will head into Thursday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They came up short against St. Helena, falling 42-21. While the Cardinals didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Saints 14-6 in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Willits' good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Kelseyville by a score of 20-17.
Willits' defeat came about despite a quality game from Corey Rockey, who threw for 167 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 39 yards. Those 39 rushing yards gave Rockey a new career-high.
Clear Lake dropped their record down to 1-6 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Willits, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
Clear Lake strolled past Willits when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 26-10. Will Clear Lake repeat their success, or does Willits have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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