A win for Canyon just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were beaten by the El Toro Chargers 63-35. While losing is never fun, the Comanches can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 468th, while the Chargers are ranked 214th).
Despite the loss, Canyon still got an impressive performance from Alexander Lundsberg, who threw for 491 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown. Lundsberg is crushing it when it comes to passing yards: he's passed for at least 324 every time he's taken the field this season. Hayden Salyards was Lundsberg's top target, picking up 122 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Jack Mckelvy had a dynamite game for El Toro, throwing for 267 yards and five touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Luke Doyle was Mckelvy's top target, picking up 173 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Canyon has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4 record this season. As for El Toro, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Canyon will head out on the road to challenge Irvine at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Canyon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.8 points per game this season. As for El Toro, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Sonora at 7:00 p.m. Sonora also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 28.3 points per game.
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