Football Recap: River Islands Piles Up the Points Against Riverbank

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask River Islands). They blew past the Riverbank Bruins 42-14 on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Daryl Carpenter

Rushing Yards (Career)

10/30/25 vs Riverbank	120
10/17/25 vs Bret Harte	110
09/05/25 vs Modesto Christian	56
10/10/25 vs Summerville	42
08/29/25 @ Delhi	42

It was another big night for Daryl Carpenter, who rushed for 120 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 149 yards and one TD. Those 120 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jordan Acaya, who rushed for 60 yards and one score.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: River Islands was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

The win was the third in a row for River Islands, bringing their record up to 4-6. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.7 points on average over those games. As for Riverbank, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.

As of now, neither River Islands nor the Bruins have any future games scheduled.