The Granite Bay Grizzlies will venture away from home to square off against the Oak Ridge Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Granite Bay's defense has only allowed 13.6 points per game this season, so Oak Ridge's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Granite Bay is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 33 points on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Del Oro on Thursday. They lost to the Golden Eagles on the road by a 31-12 margin. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Grizzlies, who until this match were averaging 13.64 points allowed.
Granite Bay's defeat came about despite a quality game from Lillian McDaniel, who threw for 166 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 42 yards.
Meanwhile, Oak Ridge had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Bulldogs 41-12 at home. Considering the Trojans have won six games by more than 24 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Oak Ridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Siena Maher, Berkeley Lampe, and Ava Melton picked up one apiece.
Granite Bay's loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-5. As for Oak Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Granite Bay came up short against Oak Ridge in their previous matchup last Thursday, falling 19-6. Can Granite Bay avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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