Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chowchilla). Everything went their way against the Liberty Hawks on Friday as the Chowchilla Tribe made off with a 63-42 victory. Considering the Tribe have won nine contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Chowchilla had a senior duo take command as Davian Stephenson rushed for 219 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per carry and Travis Selby gained 258 total yards and three touchdowns. Stephenson is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last five games he's played. Dwayne Hemphill was another major influence, as he rushed for 80 yards and ran in a TD.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Chowchilla was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 466 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Liberty lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Adrian Vasquez, who rushed for 53 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 157 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Vasquez a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Jacob Rogers-Lehman, who picked up 87 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
The win was the seventh in a row for Chowchilla, bringing their record for this year to 9-1. As for Liberty, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-5.
Both are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Chowchilla will take on Cabrillo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Chowchilla knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven games -- so hopefully Cabrillo likes a good challenge. As for Liberty, they will challenge Atascadero at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Liberty is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.5 points per game this season.
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