The 70th Cowhide will take place on Friday, October 31st, where the Redwood Rangers will take on the Mt. Whitney Pioneers in a East Yosemite League match up.
By: Jake Villarreal
Redwood Football returns, on the spookiest night of the year, to the most important game of the year, the Cowhide and now celebrating 70 years of the best rivalry in the San Joaquin Valley.
The Rangers come in with a record of 7-2 and a 6 game winning streak after a comfortable win over El Diamante.
Whitney rolls into the Mineral King bowl at 1-8, with their only win coming also over El Diamante.
The Ranger offense is led by Jimmie Burk, ’26, who has had a historic season and now needs 214 more rushing yards to break the single season rushing record at Redwood High School.
Burk recently broke the record of rushing yards in 1 game with 344 and 2 touchdowns last week at El Diamante.
Luke Sanchez, ’26, continues his campaign coming off a 135 passing yard game with 8 touchdowns amassed over the year.
The Mt. Whitney offense is lead by RB Kayden Silva, who has rushed for 589 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The receiving core is led by Jarell Oakes, who amassed 205 receiving yards and also 2 touchdowns this season.
The defense has racked up 11 sacks and Jake Westmoreland leads with 65 total tackles, Beau Kersey rounds it out with 2 interceptions.
The defensive side of the ball for the blue begins with Michael White, ’26 with 60 total tackles. a
And Landon Guenter, ’27 leads the defensive line with 6.5 sacks and is trailed by Karter Wilder, ’26 with 2.5.
Jake Villarreal
Jake Villarreal, '28 is a sports editor, writer and occasional photographer for the Redwood Gigantea. He wants to shine light on those who make a great impact on Redwood from behind the scenes. You can reach him via email: [email protected]
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