The Ripon Indians are taking a road trip to square off against the Sonora Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Ripon will head out to face Sonora after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. The Indians took a hard 35-21 fall against Ripon Christian.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Andrew Shaw and Mason Tameling. Tameling had a great game and threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, Shaw was balling out in the loss, rushing for 105 yards, while also throwing for 108 yards and one TD.
Meanwhile, Sonora put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed past Hughson to the tune of 43-12. The Wildcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by 31 points or more this season.
Ripon better focus on containing Cash Byington and Eli Ingalls as the pair were huge in Sonora's win. Byington gained 200 total yards and two touchdowns, while Ingalls threw for 138 yards and three touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Those three passing touchdowns gave Ingalls a new career-high. Rigo Estrella did his part by putting the 'special' in special teams, booting in three field goals and four extra points.
Sonora's win bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Ripon, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
Ripon beat Sonora 27-15 in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Indians since the squad 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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