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Hoover Mira Mesa

Cardinals

Marauders

The Mira Mesa (San Diego, CA) varsity football team lost Friday's home conference game against Hoover (San Diego, CA) by a score of 34-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hoover	0	13	8	13	34
Mira Mesa	0	14	0	13	27

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Box Score Stats

Hoover (25-26)		Mira Mesa (25-26)
75	Total Plays	45
22	First Downs	15
6	Penalties	2
42	Penalty Yards	30

Game Stats

Mira Mesa (25-26)

Hoover

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	18	32	226	.562	12.6	1	0		88.8
2	Hezekiah Manuel (So)	18	32	226	.562	12.6	1	0		88.8

Mira Mesa

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	16	25	243	.640	15.2	3	0		135.5
7	Nico Giusti (Jr)	16	25	243	.640	15.2	3	0		135.5

Hoover

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	37	190	5.1	24	1	4
0	Taani Tuipulotu (So)	21	133	6.3	24	1	2
2	Hezekiah Manuel (So)	8	44	5.5	10	0	1
5	Cesar Gonzales (Sr)	8	13	1.6	7	0	1

Mira Mesa

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	TD
	Team Totals	20	65	3.3	1
1	Cza Brown (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0
3	Niko Cato (Jr)	12	41	3.4	0
7	Nico Giusti (Jr)	3	-1	-0.3	0
23	Balam Garcia (Sr)	1	-1	-1.0	0
26	L. Bennemon (So)	3	26	8.7	1

Hoover

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	18	226	12.6	40	1
1	Rahni Grant Jr. (Jr)	6	82	13.7	40	0
5	Cesar Gonzales (Sr)	2	7	3.5	4	0
6	Noah Contreras (Sr)	5	81	16.2	26	0
8	C. Tuipulotu (Jr)	1	19	19.0	19	1
12	A. Abdallah (Jr)	4	37	9.3	11	0

Mira Mesa

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
	Team Totals	16	243	15.2	3
1	Cza Brown (Jr)	2	42	21.0	0
3	Niko Cato (Jr)	1	8	8.0	0
6	Jovan Gorum (Sr)	7	119	17.0	2
22	Kamari Black (Jr)	6	74	12.3	1

Hoover

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	190	226	40	0	456
0	Taani Tuipulotu (So)	133			0	133
1	Rahni Grant Jr. (Jr)	0	82	22		104
2	Hezekiah Manuel (So)	44	0			44
5	Cesar Gonzales (Sr)	13	7			20
6	Noah Contreras (Sr)	0	81		0	81
8	C. Tuipulotu (Jr)	0	19		0	19
12	A. Abdallah (Jr)	0	37	18		55

Mira Mesa

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	65	243	308
1	Cza Brown (Jr)	0	42	42
3	Niko Cato (Jr)	41	8	49
6	Jovan Gorum (Sr)	0	119	119
7	Nico Giusti (Jr)	-1	0	-1
22	Kamari Black (Jr)	0	74	74
23	Balam Garcia (Sr)	-1	0	-1
26	L. Bennemon (So)	26	0	26

Hoover

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	190	226	226	416
0	Taani Tuipulotu (So)	133			133
1	Rahni Grant Jr. (Jr)	0	0	82	82
2	Hezekiah Manuel (So)	44	226	0	270
5	Cesar Gonzales (Sr)	13	0	7	20
6	Noah Contreras (Sr)	0	0	81	81
8	C. Tuipulotu (Jr)	0	0	19	19
12	A. Abdallah (Jr)	0	0	37	37

Mira Mesa

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	65	243	243	308
1	Cza Brown (Jr)	0	0	42	42
3	Niko Cato (Jr)	41	0	8	49
6	Jovan Gorum (Sr)	0	0	119	119
7	Nico Giusti (Jr)	-1	243	0	242
22	Kamari Black (Jr)	0	0	74	74
23	Balam Garcia (Sr)	-1	0	0	-1
26	L. Bennemon (So)	26	0	0	26

Hoover

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	35	12	47	5.0
0	Taani Tuipulotu (So)	4	2	6	.0
2	Hezekiah Manuel (So)	1		1
3	Ayden Medina (Jr)	2		2
6	Noah Contreras (Sr)	6	1	7	2.0
8	C. Tuipulotu (Jr)	4	3	7	1.0
10	Judens Leger (Jr)	3	2	5	1.0
12	A. Abdallah (Jr)	4	1	5	.0
50	Nate Vongsouthi (Sr)	3		3	1.0
51	Angelo Punefu (Jr)	3	1	4
56	JShaun Trent (Jr)	2	1	3
60	James Brownlee (Sr)	1		1
65	Adam Houlsen (Sr)	2	1	3

Mira Mesa

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	43	34	77	2.0
1	Cza Brown (Jr)	2		2
3	Niko Cato (Jr)	7	4	11	2.0
5	Angle Gamez (Jr)	1	1	2
14	Micah Kendrick (Sr)		1	1
16	Aaron Jones (Jr)	3	3	6
17	Z. Washington (Sr)	1	2	3
18	Dylan Garon (So)	6	4	10
20	Jaylen Sheppard (Jr)	1	1	2
22	Kamari Black (Jr)	4	2	6
33	John Frankee (Jr)	3	3	6
34	Jack Turner (Sr)	2	1	3
45	K. Needham (Sr)		1	1
53	Nemo Hassan (Fr)	3	1	4
54	Kane Frace (Sr)	4	3	7
77	Jayson Sitar (Sr)	1	2	3
77	Jayson Sitar (Sr)	1	2	3

Hoover

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	3.0	8	3
6	Noah Contreras (Sr)	2.0	5	1
8	C. Tuipulotu (Jr)	1.0	3	1
51	Angelo Punefu (Jr)			1

Sacks

Mira Mesa has not entered any sacks stats.

Hoover

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus	Blk Pnts	Blk FGs
	Team Totals	1	0	0.0	2	1	0	2	0	0
2	Hezekiah Manuel (So)	0			1
6	Noah Contreras (Sr)	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0
10	Judens Leger (Jr)	1	0	0.0	1	1	0	1	0	0

Mira Mesa

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	PD
	Team Totals	0	2
0	Nick Hassan (Sr)		1
14	Micah Kendrick (Sr)	0	1

Hoover

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	1	40	40.0	40	0
31	Axel Rojas (Sr)	1	40	40.0	40	0

Punts

Mira Mesa has not entered any punts stats.

Hoover

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	2	40	20.0	22	40
1	Rahni Grant Jr. (Jr)	1	22	22.0	22	22
12	A. Abdallah (Jr)	1	18	18.0	18	18

Kickoff and Punt Returns

Mira Mesa has not entered any kickoff and punt returns stats.

Hoover

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Kick Pts
	Team Totals	3	18	2	2
0	Taani Tuipulotu (So)	2	12	2
8	C. Tuipulotu (Jr)	1	6		0
32	Osmar Cabrales (Sr)				2

Mira Mesa

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	S	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals					3
88	Noah Gamboa (Jr)					3

Hoover

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	0	0			2
32	Osmar Cabrales (Sr)	2	2	1.0	0	0			2

Mira Mesa

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	3	3	1.0	0	0			3
88	Noah Gamboa (Jr)	3	3	1.0	0	0			3

Hoover

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	4	1	3
0	Taani Tuipulotu (So)	2		2
2	Hezekiah Manuel (So)	1	0
5	Cesar Gonzales (Sr)	1	0
8	C. Tuipulotu (Jr)		1	1

Mira Mesa

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec
	Team Totals	1	3
6	Jovan Gorum (Sr)	0	2
22	Kamari Black (Jr)	0	1
26	L. Bennemon (So)	1	0

Hoover

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals		1	1
0	Taani Tuipulotu (So)		1	1

Conversions

Mira Mesa has not entered any conversions stats.

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Recap Video

Game Recap: Hoover @ Mira Mesa Boys Varsity Football 2:38

Game Story

California High School Football - Hoover holds off Mira Mesa

October 17, 2025: San Diego, CA 92126

The Hoover Cardinals (San Diego, CA) football edged the host Mira Mesa Marauders (San Diego, CA), 34-27 in Friday's league game.

In their next game, the Cardinals battle the Canyon Hills Rattlers (San Diego, CA) in a non-league game, on Saturday, October 25. Hoover will attempt to better on its 4-4 season record. The Rattlers enter the game with a 5-3 record after their 20-10 league win over Coronado (Coronado, CA).

The Marauders (3-5) will now prepare for their game against Patrick Henry (San Diego, CA). The Patriots enter the City game with a 4-5 record. In their last game, Patrick Henry held off Crawford (San Diego, CA), 41-6, in a league bout.

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Players of the Game

Hoover (25-26)

Congratulations to #0 Taani Tuipulotu (overall), #6 Noah Contreras (offensive), #10 Judens Leger (defensive) and #8 Christian Tuipulotu (special teams) for being selected the Hoover Football Players of the Game.

Mira Mesa (25-26)

Mira Mesa has not selected any Players of the Game.

Hoover @ Mira Mesa Football Game Info

Fri., Oct. 17, 2025 @ 7p

The Mira Mesa (San Diego, CA) varsity football team lost Friday's home conference game against Hoover (San Diego, CA) by a score of 34-27.

Rankings & Records

Hoover (25-26)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
556	55	54

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-6	1-3	2-3	4-3	1-0	.538	.250	371	374

Mira Mesa (25-26)

CA	Section	Sec. Div.
542	54	52

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
5-7	1-4	3-2	2-4	0-1	.417	.200	200	308

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Hoover	4.8	9.2	4.8	9.8	28.5
Mira Mesa	1.6	3.8	5.8	5.7	16.7

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Team Stat Comparison

Hoover		Mira Mesa
165.2	Rushing Yards Per Game	79.4
209.8	Passing Yards Per Game	98.6
208.8	Receiving Yards Per Game	82.6
375.0	Total Yards Per Game	178.0
51.3	Tackles Per Game	62.7
1.8	Sacks Per Game	2.2
0.1	Points Per Game	-
20	Pancake Blocks	-

Team Leaders

Hoover		Mira Mesa	National Avg.
#2 Hezekiah Manuel77.1	Rushing Yards Per Game	#4 Issac Mendiola42.0	11.1
#2 Hezekiah Manuel209.8	Passing Yards Per Game	#7 Nico Giusti128.7	10.8
#1 Rahni Grant Jr.74.8	Receiving Yards Per Game	#6 Jovan Gorum45.0	8.8
#2 Hezekiah Manuel286.9	Total Yards Per Game	#7 Nico Giusti132.8	24.7
#0 Taani Tuipulotu8.6	Tackles Per Game	#3 Niko Cato8.5	2.6
#6 Noah Contreras1.3	Sacks Per Game	#54 Kane Frace0.8	0.2
#32 Osmar Cabrales0.1	Points Per Game	-	1.9
#62 Abraham Garivay10	Pancake Blocks	-	6

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hoover	0-3		Mira Mesa	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
10/3/25	Crawford	Hoover	(L) 14-13	10/31/25	Crawford	Mira Mesa	(W) 24-19
10/10/25	Hoover	Patrick Henry	(L) 49-26	10/24/25	Mira Mesa	Patrick Henry	(L) 41-20
10/31/25	Mission Bay	Hoover	(L) 49-14	10/10/25	Mira Mesa	Mission Bay	(L) 28-10

Record Breakdown

Hoover (25-26)		Mira Mesa (25-26)
7-6	Overall	5-7
1-3	League	1-4
3-3	Non-League	3-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-3	Common Opponent	1-2
2-3	Home	3-2
4-3	Away	2-4
1-0	Neutral	0-1
3-0	Playoff	1-1
7-6	In-State	5-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0