Huntington Beach's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Thursday. Everything went their way against the El Dorado Golden Hawks as the Huntington Beach Oilers made off with a 49-28 victory. With the Oilers ahead 29-7 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Huntington Beach found their leader in sophomore Brady Edmunds, who threw for 332 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.3 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Edmunds has posted since back in August. Micah Riola handled things on the ground, rushing for 92 yards and a rushing touchdown.
When it comes to explaining why El Dorado lost, don't look at J.P. Murray. Despite the final result, he rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns. El Dorado is 2-1 when Murray posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 1-6 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Coulter, who threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns.
Huntington Beach's win bumped their record up to 6-4. As for El Dorado, they dropped their record down to 3-7 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Huntington Beach will square off against Western at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Western is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.8 points per game this season. El Dorado does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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