Porterville 48, Mt. Whitney 14

David Ali, Michael Clark and Michael Forrester all rushed for two touchdowns apiece as the Panthers tallied 559 yards against the Pioneers.

Laton 28, Riverdale 13 Jonathon Covian rushed for 234 yards to lead the Mustangs over the Cowboys in their annual Milk Can game.

Box: Buchanan 53, Madera 14

Buchanan, ranked No. 5 in The Bee's preseason Top 20, opened the football season Friday night by routing former Tri-River Athletic Conference rival Madera 53-14.

The visiting Bears zipped to a 22-0 lead and rolled over the Coyotes, who have moved to the County-Metro Athletic Conference.

Seth Moranda completed 17 of 27 passes for 212 yards and four touchdowns to pace Buchanan. He also rushed eight times for 49 yards.

Austin Kemp was his favorite receiving target with four catches for 94 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown. Eight others caught passes for the Bears.

Buchanan also scored twice on special teams -- a 56-yard punt return by Brett Johnson to open the scoring and Kenny Castle's 93-yard kickoff return.

For Madera, Christian Ramirez rushed 17 times for 122 yards and two scores.

McLane 42, Delhi 0

There was no rain in the forecast, but Highlanders third-year coach Jeff Woods got soaked just the same.

Host McLane snapped a 30-game losing streak, handing Woods his first victory as head coach. Afterward, players poured a water cooler over his head in celebration.

"I took a bath ... but that was good," Woods said. "I have 30 seniors and some good leadership from them. This is the first hurdle in a 10-game season. We have a lot more goals. We want to make some noise in the North Yosemite League."

John Jones scored twice and Johnny Phaxay threw two passes for touchdowns.

On defense, Zevanta Goodman returned an interception 75 yards for a touchdown and Rudy Herrera returned a fumble 45 yards for another score.

Box: Clovis 31, Golden Valley-Merced 12

Two quick turnovers in the third quarter led to 10 points as the host Cougars put the game out of reach.

Clovis defensive lineman Ryan Davies recovered a botched handoff deep in Golden Valley territory, and on the next play receiver Johnny Vietty threw a 27-yard option pass to a wide-open Bobby Grijalva for a touchdown to extend Clovis' lead to 21-6 with 7:42 left in the third quarter.

A fumble on GV's next possession set up a 35-yard field goal by Anthony Arcelus that gave Clovis a 24-6 lead with 3:25 left.

GV got within 24-12 but Clovis put the game away with a 12-play, 80-yard drive capped by Isaac Burton's 23-yard touchdown run for his second score of the game.

Clovis had 403 yards of total offense. Sophomore running back Yoon Conner rushed for 108, including a 66-yard touchdown run in the second quarter.

Porterville 48, Mt. Whitney 14

Host Porterville High built a 31-7 halftime lead on the strength of two touchdowns apiece by David Ali and Michael Forrester to beat visiting Mt. Whitney 48-14 on Friday night.

Box: Templeton 14, Central Valley Christian 0

The Eagles scored all their points in the first half and held the visiting Cavaliers to 104 yards in total offense in a dominating season-opening performance.

Brandon Dykstra rushed four times for 56 yards to pace CVC's ground game.

Box: Washington 27, Alisal-Salinas 13

The long, long trip for the season opener didn't take anything out of the Panthers, who recovered from giving up a touchdown on the opening kickoff.