Corcoran's game on Friday was all tied up 7-7 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 27-14 win over the Orosi Cardinals. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Corcoran to victory, but perhaps none more so than Tony Alvarez, who threw for 203 yards and two touchdowns on only 19 passes. Corcoran also got a significant boost from Justin Huerta, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 90 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Corcoran was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Orosi only rushed for 75.
Corcoran wouldn't let Orosi keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Corcoran can thank Julian Fernandez and Daniel Sierra for forcing all of them.
Orosi's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kaelob Chavez, who picked up 125 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Michael Lopez, who threw for 247 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Lopez a new career-high in rushing yards.
Corcoran has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Orosi, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.
Corcoran will welcome Strathmore at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Strathmore is coming into the matchup with four straight victories on the road, so Corcoran will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Orosi, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Cardinals challenges Woodlake at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. They are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.2 points per game this season.
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