The El Toro Chargers will venture away from home to square off against the Irvine Vaqueros at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. El Toro is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32 points per game this season.
El Toro will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 28) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Sonora out 31-28.
El Toro's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jack Mckelvy led the charge by rushing for 82 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 193 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Mckelvy a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (148 yards to be exact) went to Luke Doyle, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Irvine). They breezed by Canyon at home to the tune of 57-24 on Thursday. The win was familiar territory for the Vaqueros who have now won three matchups in a row.
It was another big night for Brandon Figueroa, who rushed for 335 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 18.6 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 94-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Deacon Moss, who picked up 60 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Irvine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 376 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
El Toro has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Irvine, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-2.
Friday's game might be decided in the on the ground. El Toro has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 169.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Irvine struggles in that department as they've been averaging 166.3. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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