Football Preview: Corning Cardinals vs. Orland Trojans
The Corning Cardinals will challenge the Orland Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Corning is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.2 points per game this season.
Corning is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They managed a 24-20 win over Yreka.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Corning to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaleb Flournoy, who rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns. Blake Ward handled things on the ground, rushing for 88 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Meanwhile, on FridayPierce kept up with Orland until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. Orland claimed a resounding 42-6 victory over Pierce. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by 20 points or more this season.
Luke Schager continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 417 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 16.0 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Orland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 514 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Orland wouldn't let Pierce keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Ezequiel Caro, David Albarran, Miguel Esquivel, and Allan Ortega picked up one apiece.
The win was the sixth in a row for Orland, bringing their record for this year to 9-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 39.3 points per game. As for Corning, their victory bumped their record up to 5-6.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. Corning has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 238.9 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Orland struggles in that department as they've been averaging 348.7. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Corning suffered a grim 34-14 defeat to Orland in their previous meeting on November 1st. Can Corning avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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