The St. Helena Saints will take on the Willits Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
St. Helena will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Friday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They were outmatched by Healdsburg on the road and fell 54-25.
St. Helena might have lost, but man, Troy Taber was a machine: he rushed for 97 yards and three touchdowns. St. Helena also got a significant boost from Eric Torres, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 138 yards.
Torres wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: St. Helena was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 306 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Healdsburg only rushed for 152.
Meanwhile, Willits ended up a good deal behind St. Bernard's on Saturday and lost 49-32.
St. Helena's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Willits, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
St. Helena and Willits were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but St. Helena came up empty-handed after a 31-30 defeat. Thankfully for St. Helena, Kooper Dockins (who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 149 yards on 11 of 22 attempts) 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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