San Ramon Valley hasn't had much luck against De La Salle recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The San Ramon Valley Wolves will square off against the De La Salle Spartans at 7:15 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated (San Ramon Valley has seven wins , while De La Salle has six).
San Ramon Valley is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing California: they outscored them in every quarter. San Ramon Valley came out on top against California by a score of 38-26 on Friday. Given the Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 92nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rhett Thompson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 163 yards and three touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Ramon Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 241 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
San Ramon Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Tyler Petersen, Henry Ellis, and Dylan Deitsch picked up one apiece. San Ramon Valley got some further help from Marco Jones: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, De La Salle made easy work of Varsity Opponent on Tuesday and carried off a 31-9 win. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 21 points or more this season.
De La Salle had a senior duo take command as Derrick Blanche rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns and Dominic Kelley rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns.
San Ramon Valley pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for De La Salle, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
We should be in store for an exciting game as the two teams have no problem gaining yardage. San Ramon Valley has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 356 total yards per game. However, it's not like De La Salle struggles in that department as they've been averaging 359. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
San Ramon Valley came up short against De La Salle in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 17-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of De La Salle's Toa Faavae, who rushed for 135 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Now that San Ramon Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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