The Piner Prospectors will venture away from home to face off against the Sonoma Valley Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If Piner beats Sonoma Valley with 35 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Piner slipped by Analy 35-34 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Prospectors.
Brendan Walker had an outrageously good game as he picked up 73 receiving yards and three touchdowns. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making 13 total tackles and defending a pass. Piner also got help from Apollo Pereira, who showed off his sure hands for 86 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Sonoma Valley put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 41-14 win over Santa Rosa at home. While the Dragons didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Cayden Waldrop and Hudson Giarritta were among the main playmakers for Sonoma Valley as the former rushed for 160 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry and the latter gained 149 total yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Waldrop a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sonoma Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 245 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Sonoma Valley wouldn't let Santa Rosa keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Giarritta was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Piner now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Sonoma Valley, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Everything came up roses for Piner against Sonoma Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2019, as the squad secured a 71-0 win. Does Piner have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sonoma Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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