ELK GROVE, CA (MPG) - Another week of football has gone by, meaning we are closer to the end of the regular season. 

Local teams have two or three remaining games and they’re all looking to lock up a playoff spot to try and make a deep run toward a section title. 

The Pride came out on Friday night and shut out the Diamondbacks in convincing fashion by a score of 35-0. 

On defense, three players accumulated double-digit total tackles, according to MaxPreps, including the junior Samuel Danilyuk with 21, then the seniors Mateo Mojica and Isiah Ledezma with 20 and 11, respectively. 

Also, Devyn McDonald II had a sack for a 12-yard loss along with seven total tackles for the Pride to shut out their league rivals. 

Much of the offense came courtesy of the ground game with two players combining for over 200 rushing yards and a total of 290 yards. 

All 290 came from four seniors, but most of the offense was generated by Nathan Zeppieri and Brandon Burden with 107 and 106 rushing yards, respectively. These rushing yards resulted in three rushing touchdowns for Zeppieri and a rushing touchdown as well as a receiving touchdown for Burden. 

Quarterback Ethan Rickert attempted five passes and completed three of them to Zeppieri, Burden and McDonald, with one of the receptions being a pass to Burden for a 42-yard touchdown. 

The Pride moved to 7-0 overall on the season and 4-0 in the Sierra Valley Conference League, as they handed the Diamondbacks their first league loss, to now have sole possession of first place. 

The Pride will visit the Liberty Ranch Hawks next to attempt to remain undefeated and to potentially win their second straight league title and that elusive section title that slipped away from them last season. 

Celebrating their homecoming, the Thundering Herd edged out the Cardinals by a score of 38-31 despite the Cardinals’  attempted comeback. 

By halftime, the Cardinals were looking at a 28-14 deficit and stormed back to come within a score of tying the game back. 

The Herd’s signature run game is backed by their offensive line dubbed “The Hammerheads” by their coaching staff as they rushed for a combined 279 yards for four touchdowns, according to MaxPreps. 

Quarterback David Hale led the charge with 94 rushing yards and two touchdowns while Alphonso Moore Jr. also had 94 rushing yards. 

The other two touchdowns came courtesy of Jeremiah Williams who rushed for 63 yards and Austin Maze who rushed 13 yards on his one carry. 

On the flip side, the Cardinals turn to both the ground game and in the air for their offense. 

Senior quarterback Mitchell Labrado attempted 31 passes and completed 21 of them for 281 yards although he had two interceptions and rushed for 38 yards on six carries. 

Senior running back Armon Thorntona was handed the ball a bit less than the previous week as he rushed for 111 yards on 21 carries for two touchdowns against the Herd in comparison to his three touchdowns on 31 carries for 195 rushing yards the previous game prior. 

The primary targets for Labrado were Ryan Eddy and Dereus Counts as each had seven receptions. 

Eddy had 85 receiving yards while Counts had 72 receiving yards for two touchdowns. 

On the defensive side, the Herd edged out the Cardinals with many defensive contributions like Lucan Amituanai who had six total tackles and a sack. 

The team was led by Daniel Tejada and Rio Baltazar with seven total tackles each. 

The Herd remains undefeated in league play as they now move to 3-0 in the Delta League while the Cardinals fall to 2-2.

After a 3-0 start to their season, the Eagles entered their game against the Wildcats with a three-game losing streak. 

They were able to break this streak after a 13-26 win where the senior quarterback for the Eagles had 236 passing yards and completed 17 of his 26 attempts, which were good for two touchdowns, according to MaxPreps. 

Both touchdown passes were to senior Jacob Beals who had eight receptions for 162 yards. 

On the ground, Eagle senior Bobby Mitchell rushed for 78 yards on 21 carries yet it was Maddox Ali who rushed for 32 yards on six carries with a touchdown. 

The Wildcats have not entered stats into MaxPreps. 

This is the Eagles’ first league win and first win since Sept. 6 and they are looking to build that winning streak with three games remaining as they are set to face off against the Cosumnes Oaks Wolfpack on Oct. 18, after press time. 

As for the Wildcats, they move to 1-3 in league play and sit in sixth place with two games remaining, with their next matchup being against Monterey Trail. 

The Huskies sit at a .500 record for their overall season and in league as they beat the Wolfpack 38-14 to move to a 4-4 overall record and a 2-2 league record. 

Turnovers were the Wolfpack’s Achilles' heel as they threw four interceptions along with fumbling the ball twice, according to MaxPreps. 

Two of those interceptions were returned for touchdowns by the Husky seniors Zion Johnson and Ja King Williams.

Johnson also had a receiving touchdown for the only completed pass of the night for freshman quarterback Gavin Workman for a 35-yard touchdown. 

The rest of the offense came on the ground as sophomore Rayshawn Cannaday rushed for 85 yards on 18 carries for two touchdowns. 

Defensively the Huskies were led by Andrew Lopez who had a total of 11 tackles while Fernando Lopez had six total tackles and a sack. 

The Wolfpack have not entered stats into MaxPreps. 

The Huskies are set to face the Thundering Herd in their Oct. 18 game,  while the Wolfpack face the Eagles to try and win their first league game and their second game of the season.