The Corning Cardinals will take on the Orland Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Orland is hoping to do what Las Plumas couldn't on Friday: put an end to Corning's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Corning really took it to Las Plumas for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-14 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Cardinals just coasted through the last quarter.
Blake Ward was a one-man wrecking crew for Corning as he rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Ward has become a key player for Corning: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaleb Flournoy, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Corning was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 281 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Corning didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Manuel Rodriguez and Kanon Gregorio.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Orland). They blew past Oroville, posting a 62-6 victory. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 389th, while the Tigers are ranked 997th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win got Corning back to even at 4-4. As for Orland, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-2.
Corning was dealt a bruising 55-25 defeat at the hands of Orland in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Corning avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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