With a playoff game on the line, Escondido rose to the challenge on Friday. They managed a 57-53 win over the Steele Canyon Cougars.
A big part of Escondido's victory came down to the chemistry between Josh Gonzales and his top target Ezekiel McIntyre. Gonzales picked up 313 receiving yards and five touchdowns while McIntyre threw for 469 yards and six touchdowns while completing 74.2% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave McIntyre a new career-high in rushing yards (88).
Despite the loss, Steele Canyon still got an impressive performance from John Weaver Iv, who rushed for 227 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry.
Escondido has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Steele Canyon, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-7.
Escondido will head out to challenge San Diego at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. San Diego is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.2 points per game this season. Steele Canyon does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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