There's no place like home for O'Connor, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They took down the Shadow Ridge Stallions 42-26 on Friday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Stallions are ranked 98th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bentley Corbin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 128 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries. Jeremy Adeyanju was another key rusher, rushing for 141 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: O'Connor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 400 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in 15 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Shadow Ridge's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Michael Cruz, who gained 90 total yards and two touchdowns, and Xavier Armenta, who rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Cruz a new career-high in rushing yards.
O'Connor moved to 2-4 with that win, which also ended their four-game losing streak. As for Shadow Ridge, they are on a 15-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-6.
O'Connor will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Boulder Creek at 7:00 p.m. on October 17th. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,162 yards in their previous games. Shadow Ridge has already played their next contest, a 26-21 loss against Apollo on the 11th.
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