Friday Night Lights (Week 5 MHS vs. Los Banos HS)

Merced football keeps CCC streak alive with win over Los Banos!!!

WE WIN!!!! Not a high scoring game but its a WIN!!

Eric DeAnda's 20th carry of the game would be his most important.
Facing a fourth and a little over a yard from the Los Banos 28-yard line, Merced needed just a first down to ice its 19th consecutive Central California Conference victory.
And everyone at Loftin Field knew the junior running back was getting the ball. As he had all second half, DeAnda delivered.
The Merced back took a pitch to the right, got behind his fullback and lowered his shoulder. He picked up the final three of his game-high 142 yards and sealed a hard-fought 6-3 victory over Los Banos.

This win means a lot, because it proves who we really are. We're not the team that went 0-4

Merced (1-0, 1-4) answered with some trickery on the first play of the fourth quarter.

It was a tough game and here are the qtr stats:

Merced 0 0 0 6 -- 6
Los Banos 0 0 3 0 -- 3

*Merced Sun-Star