The Channel Islands High football team didn't miss a beat with two of its stars sidelined on Friday night. <\/p>\n
A.J. Oto picked up big yardage and scored two touchdowns to lift the Raiders to a 28-0 non-league win over visiting San Marcos. <\/p>\n
Richard Gray suffered a knee injury in last week's 31-0 loss at Royal. Gray had racked up 300 yards rushing on 34 carries in three games. <\/p>\n
Behind the tandem of Oto and Paul Vasquez, the Raiders ran wild. <\/p>\n
The Raiders (2-2) jumped to a quick 7-0 lead on a 73-yard run by Oto on the first play from scrimmage. Edel Hernandez kicked the first of four PATS. <\/p>\n
Josh Carrera, Javier Vasquez, Vince Ines and Jose Machado blocked well for Channel Islands. <\/p>\n
\"We turned it all around tonight,\" said Channel Islands coach Gary Porter.\"A.J. just exploded out on the first play of the game.\" <\/p>\n
In the second quarter, Vasquez added to the scoring show with as 68-yard run. <\/p>\n
Oto scored his second TD with a 65-yard dash to make 21-0 with 3:27 left in the first half. Oto rushed for 182 yards on 14carries. <\/p>\n
Channel Islands had 293 yards rushing in the first half against San Marcos (1-3). The Royals were coming off their first win last week 40-20 over Hueneme but couldn't stop the offensive surge. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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