Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rancho Cotate). They took down the Montgomery Vikings 42-28 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Rancho Cotate to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gio Martinez, who rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 73 receiving yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Martinez is now averaging an impressive 117.8 rushing yards per game. Wyatt Gregori was another key player, having thrown for 268 yards and four touchdowns.
Montgomery's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Thor Boswell, who threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt, and Owen Grafe, who picked up 208 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Grafe's longest reception was for an incredible 82 yards. Deysean Akins also helped out as he racked up 101 receiving yards.
Rancho Cotate pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Montgomery, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Rancho Cotate will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Vintage at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th. Montgomery also won't see the field for a while: their next matchupis against Ukiah at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
