After three games on the road, Great Oak is heading back home. They will welcome the King Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Great Oak will be strutting in after a victory while King will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Great Oak beat Temecula Valley 28-22.
Great Oak had a senior duo take command as Mikey Vazquez picked up 192 receiving yards and two touchdowns and Reagan Ricken threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Vazquez really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 76 yards. Cris Scott helped Ricken out on the ground, rushing for 84 yards and a touchdown.
Great Oak was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Despite a strong season so far, King has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They took a hard 28-13 fall against Murrieta Mesa on Friday.
Great Oak is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for King, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.
Great Oak won a contest that couldn't have been any closer in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, slipping by King 21-20. Does Great Oak have another victory up their sleeve, or will King turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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