The Golden West Trailblazers will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Dinuba Emperors at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Golden West is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They fell 44-37 to Arroyo Grande on Friday.
Despite the loss, Golden West saw an underclassman step up: Jayden Najera threw for 280 yards and four touchdowns. Case Anders helped Najera out on the ground, picking up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Golden West didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Evan Renteria and Alfredo Enriquez. Golden West got some further help from Naveen Sall: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Dinuba couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They lost 37-14 to Sanger on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Emperors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 371st, while the Apaches are ranked 95th).
Golden West came up short against Dinuba in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 22-15. Thankfully for Golden West, Diego Tuttle (who rushed for 219 yards, and also picked up 87 receiving yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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