After each having a week off, the Riverdale Cowboys and the Chowchilla Tribe will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Riverdale will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune last Friday. They came up short against Minarets, falling 35-13.
Despite the defeat, Riverdale got top-tier performance from Xaidyn Camacho, who rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 125 yards and a touchdown while completing 81.8% of his passes.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chowchilla). They blew past Boron 61-14 at home last Friday. The Tribe might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 20 points or more this season.
Chowchilla had a senior duo take command as Dwayne Hemphill rushed for 89 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries and Davian Stephenson rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Hemphill has posted since back in October of 2023. Rashaun Belaski was in the mix too, providing Chowchilla with a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Chowchilla was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 266 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Chowchilla wouldn't let Boron keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Chowchilla can thank Alejandro Molina and Hemphill for forcing both of them. Hemphill also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 89.
Riverdale's loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Chowchilla, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Riverdale was dealt a bruising 46-6 defeat at the hands of Chowchilla in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Riverdale was down 46-6.
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