Football Recap: Norco Cougars vs. Roosevelt Mustangs
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Norco). They blew past the Roosevelt Mustangs 49-7 at home on Friday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Mustangs are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Norco's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Joseph Stoffel, who rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 96 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. Those 93 rushing yards gave Stoffel a new career-high. Another back making a difference was Trevor Schneider, who rushed for 129 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Norco was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 328 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Norco has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Roosevelt, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Norco will head out to face off against Chaparral at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Roosevelt, it'll be an old-fashioned rodeo when Mustangs faces off against Vista Murrieta at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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