Jacom Brimhall set a school career rushing record during Friday’s opening-round 5A-I home playoff game.

The Mesa Mountain View senior rushed for 166 yards on just five carries, with scoring runs of 83 and 65 yards, as the fifth-seeded Toros pounded 12th-seeded Maryvale 57-14.

Brimhall now has 2,967 yards, making him the Toros’ all-time leading rusher. He was in for just one play in the second half, though, and enters next week’s highly anticipated showdown with Chandler needing eight yards to become the school’s single-season rushing leader.

“It would be great to get it, but around here we are about team and getting the wins,” said Brimhall, who has rushed for 1,195 yards on the season.

Brimhall touchdown runs opened the game and the second half, respectively.

The Toros’ first-string offense — which opened a 36-0 halftime lead — was told it would play only the first possession of the second half. That possession was short-lived, as the 5-foot-6, 170-pound Brimhall raced 65 yards for a score.

“He’s a great team player and leads by example,” Mountain View coach Tom Joseph said. “What can you say about him? He’s a great player who works hard every day.”

Mountain View’s starters didn’t have to put much work in on Friday. The Toros never punted and scored on every possession except their final one, which came in the game’s last minute.

The Toros ran only 15 plays in the first half but gained 234 yards. Following Brimhall’s long run to start the scoring, Mountain View went 33 yards in three plays on its next drive, with Preston Richardson scoring from 11 yards out. Richardson finished with two touchdowns and rushed for 105 yards on six carries.

The Toros made it 22-0 on an 11-yard pass from Brad Heap to Jordan Hinton. Heap then made it 29-0 as he ran over a would-be Maryvale tackler en route to a 34-yard touchdown run. Mountain View’s final touchdown came on Justin Newman’s 65-yard fumble return.

“We were focused on these guys. We knew they would play hard, and it’s still frustrating to have the mental mistakes we had,” Joseph said after his team rushed for 375 yards on 21 attempts.

The Toros can now turn their attention to Chandler, a team they lost to earlier this season.

“We look at each game week-by-week, but in the back of our minds we’ve been thinking about Chandler,” Brimhall said. “If we can eliminate our mistakes and get our defense cranked up, we know we can change that score.”