RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - The Cordova Lancers continued the strong start to their season with a dominant 33-0 victory against Valley Christian this past Friday, Sept. 6, inside Lancers Stadium, in what was billed the KCRA 3 “Game of The Week.”

A strong first half offensively, combined with a suffocating defensive performance throughout earned Cordova the impressive victory, and also has the program off to their first 3-0 start to a season since the 2014-15 campaign.

The Lancers (3-0) jumped out quickly in the contest as their defense would force and recover a Valley Christian (1-1) fumble on the first play from scrimmage near the Lions' 20-yard line. It would take the Lancers all of one play to put up points offensively as sophomore quarterback Trey Wallace would hit fellow sophomore Aaron Maruca up the left seam for a 21-yard touchdown strike. That was just the beginning of the offensive output for the Lancers, who would put up their final 27 points of the contest in the second quarter, largely behind the arm of their quarterback.

Wallace would add two more touchdown passes in the quarter, both to senior wide receiver Donnavon Schiffner. The second of the two would be the most impressive, as Wallace connected with Schiffner on a shallow pass toward the right sideline and saw the playmaker bounce off a defender and take it to the endzone for an 80-yard score just before halftime.

Cordova would add two rushing scores in the quarter as well, with senior tailback Issac Adeluola scoring from 25 yards out, and senior wide receiver Douglas Reed making perhaps the play of the game with his own 70-yard touchdown scamper after fumbling a handoff from Wallace. Reed would pick the ball up off the turf, shrug off an incoming Lions defender, then sprint up the right sideline in a play that sent fans into a frenzy.

Wallace would finish the game going 6-of-14, passing for 132 yards and three passing touchdowns. Reed led the Lancers in rushing with two carries for 78 yards on the ground. Defensively, junior defensive tackle Julian Drahn continued his dominant early season play, tallying an astounding four sacks.

Despite the lopsided victory, Lancers head coach JP Dolliver noted his team made some mistakes in the game and will need to make improvements going forward.

“It's a mixed bag,” he said. “My standards are high for these guys, and I just told them don't confuse results for execution. We need to clean up a lot of stuff, even on the plays we scored on. It's not always going to go your way. Obviously, we want to score, but we want to make sure we're executing first.”

Cordova now heads into their bye week before starting Metro League play on Friday, Sept. 27 when they host Kennedy in their Homecoming game. For Dolliver, the time off will allow his team to put things into focus before league play begins.

“We're gonna heal up,” he said. “We'll have some good film to watch, we're going to work out in the weight room, recovery, all those things. But a lot of film, watching what we've been doing the past three weeks, and kind of talking about where we want to go from here. What does our schedule look like, how do we get through that schedule because it is a tough one.”