The Sonoma Valley Dragons will venture away from home to face off against the Justin-Siena Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Sonoma Valley beat Montgomery 39-32. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Dragons.
Sonoma Valley's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Austin Hughes, who picked up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Hughes is now averaging an impressive 105 receiving yards per game. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Hudson Giarritta, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Sonoma Valley's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Hughes and Giarritta. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Meanwhile, Justin-Siena was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past St. Patrick-St. Vincent 48-14 on the road.
Drew Sangiacomo went supernova for Justin-Siena, throwing for 217 yards and three touchdowns, while also punching in a rushing score. Luke Ficeli was Sangiacomo's top target, picking up 38 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Justin-Siena's defense stepped up as well, laying out Trevor Moelk. 9.5 times. The heavy lifting was done by Dallas Logwood and Reuben Jones who racked up six sacks between them. Logwood is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 12 games he's played dating back to last season.
Sonoma Valley's record now sits at 2-0. As for Justin-Siena, their record is now 2-0.
Sonoma Valley couldn't quite finish off Justin-Siena in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 and fell 31-28. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sangiacomo, who threw for 311 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. Now that Sonoma Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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