After only seven points in their last contest, San Mateo made sure to put some points up on the board against Burlingame on Saturday. Everything went the San Mateo Bearcats' way against the Burlingame Panthers as the San Mateo Bearcats made off with a 35-10 victory. The Bearcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 20 points or more this season.
Emmanuel J Fitzgerald continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 247 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.3 yards per carry.
San Mateo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 368 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in 20 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
San Mateo wouldn't let Burlingame keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. San Mateo can thank Yianni Fitzgerald and John Juarez for forcing both of them.
Burlingame lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Luke Levitt, who threw for 104 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 51 yards. The dominant performance gave Levitt a new career-high in rushing yards. Lucas Kirk handled things on the ground, rushing for 103 yards.
San Mateo's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.5 points per game. As for Burlingame, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-4.
San Mateo and Burlingame are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. San Mateo will square off against Carmel at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Carmel's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season. As for Burlingame, they will take on North Salinas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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