The Sonoma Valley Dragons will challenge the Piner Prospectors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Sonoma Valley's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Piner has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Sonoma Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 41-14 win over Santa Rosa. Considering the Dragons have won three games by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Sonoma Valley's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Cayden Waldrop, who rushed for 160 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry, and Hudson Giarritta, who 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.
Meanwhile, Piner won against Washington two weeks ago with 35 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. In a tight match that could have gone either way, Piner made off with a 35-34 victory over Analy.
Brendan Walker was a one-man wrecking crew for Piner as he picked up 73 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Walker didn't just play on offense: he also made 13 total tackles and defended a pass. Apollo Pereira did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 86 receiving yards.
Sonoma Valley's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Piner, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Sonoma Valley was taken down by Piner 71-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2019. Thankfully for Sonoma Valley, Yonaton Isack (who threw for 313 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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