Football Recap: Burroughs Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Sep 27, 2024, 9:23pm

Football Recap: Burroughs Burros vs. Barstow Aztecs

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Burroughs was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 15th straight loss dating back to last season. They were beaten by the Barstow Aztecs 34-7. While losing is never fun, the Burros can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 734th, while the Aztecs are ranked 266th).

Barstow was led to victory by Dwayne Williams and Nicholas Gaoa. Williams threw for 350 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.3 yards per attempt, while Gaoa gained 192 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Gaoa a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (116 yards to be exact) went to Johntae Drisdom, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.

Burroughs' defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Barstow, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Burroughs will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Serrano at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. As for Barstow, they will square off against Summit at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Barstow is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season.

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