After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Salesian College Preparatory is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Oakland Tech Bulldogs at 1:40 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Salesian College Preparatory focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Salesian College Preparatory beat College Park 26-21.
Salesian College Preparatory's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Marcus Burke, who rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 100 yards and a touchdown. Carlton Perrilliat was Burke's top target, picking up 75 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Salesian College Preparatory was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 259 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 174 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Salesian College Preparatory's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Joseph Tarin and Brandon Butler.
Meanwhile, Oakland Tech was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They took a 6-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of El Cerrito. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 790th, while the Gauchos are ranked 62nd).
Salesian College Preparatory pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Oakland Tech, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2.
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