The Franklin Wildcats will head out on the road to take on the Del Oro Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Thursday, Franklin didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Elk Grove, but they still walked away with a 12-6 victory. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Thundering Herd are ranked 502nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Franklin found their leader in freshman Joy Jones, who rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Jones has posted in her last ten contests. Kalani Phearson also helped out by tossing the rock for 275 yards.
Franklin didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Aletha Singleton and Tochi Ojije. Ojije also made nine total tackles, which is notable because Franklin is 6-1 when she posts at least four total tackles, but 5-6 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Del Oro entered their tilt with Rocklin on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Thunder a 6-0 shutout. The six-point effort marked the Golden Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Del Oro's defense and their four sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Maycee Kirby.
Franklin has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Del Oro, their win bumped their record up to 18-2.
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