MOUNTAIN HOUSE — River Islands put together its most complete effort of the season on Friday, dominating in every facet in a 41-2 rout of Mountain House.
Mikey Figueroa accounted for three of the defense’s five interceptions, Isaiah Sanchez recorded a pair of sacks, Daryl Carpenter threw for 283 yards and four touchdowns and Darien East found the end zone four times, including one on a punt return.
The Riptide is now 4-0 and off to the best start in the program’s short history, but there is a sense of urgency setting in with perhaps its toughest test coming up next.
“There are always things we can fix,” East said. “We got film, 8 a.m. sharp. Everybody’s gonna be there to pick up on all the missed passes, all the missed blocks and all that. We’re never going into this with a mind set of, ‘We’re perfect,’ and we’re not leaving with a mind set that we’re perfect either.
“Everybody makes mistakes, and we’re going to have to tighten up the screws. This was not our best performance. Tonight is not our best, I promise. There’s an infinite amount of growth this team has left. We can become a very dangerous team. We can do bigger things than what we did tonight, for sure.”
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