El Capitan waltzed into their contest on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the West Hills Wolf Pack 41-0. For the Vaqueros, this counts as revenge for the 35-21 victory the Wolf Pack walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September of 2023.
A big part of El Capitan's win came down to the chemistry between Brandt Barker and his top target Micheal Valencia. Barker threw for 168 yards and four touchdowns while completing 88.2% of his passes while Valencia picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Valencia a new career-high in rushing yards (24). Another player making a difference was Brady Joralemon, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown.
Joralemon was just one part of a punishing run game: El Capitan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. That's a new trend for El Capitan: they were averaging 77.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 165.
El Capitan's record is now 6-3. As for West Hills, they dropped their record down to 4-5 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
El Capitan will host El Cajon Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. El Capitan is facing El Cajon Valley at the right time seeing as El Cajon Valley is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for West Hills, they will take on Santana at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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