Football Recap: Rancho Cucamonga Cougars vs. Valencia Vikings
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rancho Cucamonga). They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 48-14 win over the Valencia Vikings. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Vikings are ranked 216th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jacob Chambers continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 94 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also throwing for 213 yards while completing 77.8% of his passes. His longest rush was for an impressive 58 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Tyree Wilson was Chambers' top target, picking up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rancho Cucamonga was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Although Valencia took the loss, they still got scores from Brady Bretthauer and Brian Bonner.
The victory made it two in a row for Rancho Cucamonga and bumps their season record up to 2-2. As for Valencia, they are on a five-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Rancho Cucamonga is on the road again on Friday to play Bishop Amat at 7:00 p.m. As for Valencia, they will challenge Saugus at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valencia is facing Saugus at the right time seeing as Saugus is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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