The Fortuna Huskies will head out on the road to square off against the University Prep Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Fortuna's defense has only allowed 13.8 points per game this season, so University Prep's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Fortuna will head into Saturday's game eager for some revenge after what happened against Ferndale: Fortuna blew Ferndale out of the water the last time the pair played, but on Saturday Ferndale got their revenge. Fortuna fell just short of Ferndale by a score of 29-26.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask University Prep). They breezed by McKinleyville on the road to the tune of 49-6 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
It was another big night for Tyson Wurzer, who rushed for 154 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: University Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Fortuna's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for University Prep, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Fortuna was able to grind out a solid win over University Prep in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, winning 27-15. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fortuna since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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