The Oakland Wildcats will take on the Arcata Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Arcata is hoping to do what Galileo couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Oakland's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Oakland took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 54-0 victory over Galileo. The Wildcats pushed the score to 46-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions had no chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Arcata didn't have done well against Del Norte recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Arcata simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Del Norte 35-6 on the road. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 280th, while the Warriors are ranked 587th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Luke Lemke was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Arcata was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Del Norte only rushed for 77.
Oakland's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Arcata, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
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