Oakville has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Sound Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Oakville will head into Friday's game on the come-up: they were handed a 32-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Taholah on Friday. Oakville came out on top in a nail-biter against Taholah , sneaking past 32-30. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Acorns have posted against the Chitwhins since October 7, 2017.
A big part of Oakville's victory came down to the chemistry between Gio Rodas and his top target Daniel Rodas. Gio threw for 378 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt while Daniel picked up 312 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Daniel torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 88 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Oakville's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Lewis Thompson and Evan Schlesser, who racked up four sacks between them. Oakville got some further help from Dre Kluth: he made 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sound Christian). They blew past Evergreen Lutheran, posting a 66-0 win at home. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 44 points or more this season.
Oakville now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Sound Christian, their victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-1.
Oakville was able to grind out a solid win over Sound Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 40-28. Does Oakville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sound Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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