Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Burlingame). Everything went their way against the Mountain View Spartans on Friday as the Burlingame Panthers made off with a 43-17 victory. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Spartans are ranked 666th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Lucas Kirk, who rushed for 174 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Ciaran Baker was another key rusher, rushing for 54 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Burlingame was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 365 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Burlingame wouldn't let Mountain View keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Burlingame can thank Joey Scovill and Ravi Krishnan for forcing both of them.
Mountain View's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Luke Orrock, who picked up 94 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Ishan Devarapalli, who threw for 211 yards and a touchdown.
The win (which was Burlingame's fourth in a row) raised their record to 4-1. As for Mountain View, they dropped their record down to 0-5 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Burlingame has already played their next game, a 21-12 victory against Hillsdale on the 11th. As for Mountain View, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 32-7 loss against King's Academy on the 10th.
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