The San Bernardino Cardinals are taking a road trip to take on the Santa Rosa Academy Rangers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
San Bernardino is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Channel Islands: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that San Bernardino blew Channel Islands out of the water with a 35-2 final score. That looming 35-2 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Cardinals yet this season.
San Bernardino can attribute much of their success to Angel Cortes-Vazquez, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Cortes-Vazquez a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Bernardino was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Santa Rosa Academy entered their tilt with Kearny on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 51-40 win over the Komets.
Daniel Marlow was his usual excellent self, rushing for 251 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also throwing for 152 yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 131.2 rushing yards per game.
Santa Rosa Academy's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Tyler Quaintance, Marlow, and Caleb Stecker picked up one apiece. Marlow is also on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Ezekiel Thralls was another major factor on D, picking up 2.5 sacks and making six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
The victory was the third in a row for San Bernardino, bringing their record for this year to 3-1. As for Santa Rosa Academy, their record is now 3-1.
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