Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gregory-Portland). They blew past the King Mustangs 63-14 on Thursday. Considering the Wildcats have won five matches by more than 19 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Johnny Long had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Carter Dominguez was another major influence, as he rushed for 66 yards and ran in a TD.
Gregory-Portland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Ricardo Salinas, Ethan Tovar, and Camren Garcia picked up one apiece. Garcia also made eight total tackles, which is notable because Gregory-Portland is 2-1 when he posts at least three total tackles, but 3-4 otherwise.
Gregory-Portland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 362 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Gregory-Portland is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.8 points. As for King, they dropped their record down to 2-8 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home.
As of now, neither Gregory-Portland nor King have any future games scheduled.
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