Napa hasn't had much luck against American Canyon recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Napa Grizzlies will take on the American Canyon Wolves at 7:00 p.m.
Napa is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 13th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were beaten by Redwood 55-21. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 881st, while the Giants are ranked 401st).
Meanwhile, American Canyon put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Petaluma 41-21. Considering the Wolves have won six contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Andre Lopez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 139 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, American Canyon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 326 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in 14 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Napa's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for American Canyon, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Napa was taken down by American Canyon 62-21 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Napa was down 49-6.
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