The Cabrillo football team has made it to a CIF sectional quarterfinal since 2011.

That bit of history is all well and good, Cabrillo senior two-way lineman Cole Robinson said after his team moved through the first round Friday night, but what the Conquistadores are most focused on is the here and now.

The No. 5 Conquistadores pulled away from No. 12 Fresno Hoover in the second half for a 35-14 win in a first-round CIF Central Division 5 game at Righetti. The Conquistadores out-scored the Patriots 21-8 after intermission. Cabrillo will play at No. 4 Bishop Union in the quarterfinals this Friday. Kickoff is tentatively set for 7 p.m.

Cabrillo is 8-3, its best record since the Conqs finished 11-3 in 2011. That team lost 21-0 to Lompoc Valley rival Lompoc in the CIF Southern Section Northw

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