The Piner Prospectors will head out to challenge the Sonoma Valley Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
If Piner beats Sonoma Valley with 35 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Piner slipped by Analy 35-34 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Prospectors.
Brendan Walker had a dynamite game for Piner, picking up 73 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Walker also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making 13 total tackles and defending a pass. Apollo Pereira did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 86 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Sonoma Valley put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Santa Rosa, posting a 41-14 win at home. While the Dragons didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Sonoma Valley can attribute much of their success to 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.
Piner now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Sonoma Valley, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Everything came up roses for Piner against Sonoma Valley in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, as the squad secured a 71-0 win. Does Piner have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sonoma Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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