A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers faces off against the Orosi Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Corcoran is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.4 points per game this season.
Corcoran is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Orange Cove on Friday as Corcoran made off with a 53-27 victory. With the Panthers ahead 34-14 at the half, the game was all but over already.
It was another big night for Tony Alvarez, who threw for 156 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 38 yards and a touchdown. Justin Huerta was another key player, rushing for 71 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Corcoran was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Corcoran didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Juan Chavez and Louis Burrell. Chavez is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season. Corcoran got some further help from Julian Fernandez: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made four total tackles.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Orosi, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They managed a 14-8 win over Granite Hills on Friday.
The critical scores for Orosi came from Daniel Ballesteros and Christian Castrejon.
Corcoran has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Orosi, their record now sits at 2-5.
Corcoran couldn't quite finish off Orosi in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 22-20. Thankfully for Corcoran, Andrew Camarillo (who rushed for 229 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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