The Taft Wildcats will challenge the Cabrillo Conquistadores at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Taft is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 29-18 hit to the loss column at the hands of Arvin on Friday. Despite 88 more yards than the Bears, the Wildcats couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Taft wouldn't let Arvin keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Isaiah Lopez was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, Cabrillo didn't have done well against Lompoc recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Everything went Cabrillo's way against Lompoc as Cabrillo made off with a 48-25 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Conquistadores.
Cabrillo's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Andre Brisco, who rushed for 173 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, and also picked up 56 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Brisco a new career-high in rushing yards. Another passer making a difference was Blake Gregory, who threw for 258 yards and four touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cabrillo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 178 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
This is the second loss in a row for Taft and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for Cabrillo, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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