Football Recap: Mcqueen Falls Despite Strong Effort from Cooper Craft

By Team Reports Sep 10, 2024, 10:16am

Football Recap: McQueen Lancers vs. Carson Senators

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After flying high against Foothill last Friday, McQueen came back down to earth. The McQueen Lancers fell just short of the Carson Senators by a score of 31-28 on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat the Lancers have suffered since September 1, 2023.

Despite the loss, McQueen still got an impressive performance from Cooper Craft, who rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 201 yards on ten of 20 attempts. That's the most rushing yards Craft has posted since back in October of 2023. Lorenzo Tabua handled things on the ground, rushing for 125 yards and a rushing touchdown.

Even though they lost, McQueen was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 418 total yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're total yard total in three consecutive games.

This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Angelo Macias and he. Macias rushed for 181 yards while picking up 8.6 yards per carry while he rushed for 181 yards while picking up 8.6 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 78-yard run.

McQueen's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Carson, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. McQueen will challenge North Valleys at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games. As for Carson, they will square off against Douglas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Carson's defense has only allowed 16.2 points per game this season, so Douglas' offense will have their work cut out for them.

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