Football Recap: Salinas Drops Highest Score of Season Against Aptos + How To Watch

By Team Reports Oct 28, 2025, 11:38am

Football Recap: Salinas Cowboys vs. Aptos Mariners

HOW TO WATCH: This game can be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the CA Interscholastic Federation (CIF) & Salinas High School. Watch Full Replay

Cowboys

Team Score (Highest)

10/23/25 vs Aptos49
10/10/25 vs Monterey48
10/03/25 vs Hollister45
10/17/25 @ Palma41
09/05/25 vs Valley Christian38

Salinas's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to Palma on Thursday. The Cowboys took down the Aptos Mariners 49-35. The Cowboys' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.

Leading Salinas to victory were Isaak Hernandez and Michael Andrade. Hernandez rushed for 125 yards and one score on only 15 carries, while Andrade threw for 145 yards and three TDs while completing 71.4% of his passes.

Salinas pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing 6.6 yards per carry in those games compared to only 2.6 in the others. As for Aptos, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Salinas will square off against rival Carmel at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Aptos is set to challenge their familiar foe Hollister at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.

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