Cornwall Central waltzed into their match on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors 48-13 at home. Considering the Dragons have won three games by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Ilunga Salerno and he. Salerno rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns while he rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Braden Murphy, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
One reason for the win was Cornwall Central's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for eight sacks. Dylan Marrero led the group effort, picking up three of those sacks all by himself. Quadir Truluck also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cornwall Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Cornwall Central's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for Our Lady of Lourdes, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Cornwall Central will challenge Wallkill at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cornwall Central's defense has only allowed 11.7 points per game this season, so Wallkill's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Our Lady of Lourdes, they will square off against Goshen Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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