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Santa Maria Monte Alto

Cougars

Blue Devil

The Monte Alto (TX) varsity football team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Santa Maria (TX) by a score of 40-20.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Santa Maria	14	6	7	13	40
Monte Alto	7	0	6	7	20

Final score provided by I. Gracia.

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Game Stats

Santa Maria (23-24)

Santa Maria

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	10	16	114	.625	11.4	2		23	123.4
2	Miguel Alaniz (So)	10	16	114	.625	11.4	2		23	123.4

Santa Maria

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	26	158	6.1	24	3
2	Miguel Alaniz (So)	3	15	5.0	10	1
9	Esiah Gracia (Sr)	10	72	7.2	22	1
22	Daniel Martinez (So)	8	45	5.6	24	1
33	J. Hernandez (Fr)	5	26	5.2	13

Santa Maria

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	10	114	11.4	23	2
1	Manny Lugo (Sr)	3	25	8.3	16	1
4	Ruben Hernandez (Jr)	4	42	10.5	17
9	Esiah Gracia (Sr)	2	33	16.5	23
12	Gabriel Picazo (So)	1	14	14.0	14	1

Santa Maria

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	158	114	129	61	462
1	Manny Lugo (Sr)		25	28		53
2	Miguel Alaniz (So)	15				15
3	Leo Mata (Sr)			27		27
4	Ruben Hernandez (Jr)		42			42
9	Esiah Gracia (Sr)	72	33	65	61	231
12	Gabriel Picazo (So)		14	9		23
22	Daniel Martinez (So)	45				45
33	J. Hernandez (Fr)	26				26

Santa Maria

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	158	114	114	272
1	Manny Lugo (Sr)			25	25
2	Miguel Alaniz (So)	15	114		129
4	Ruben Hernandez (Jr)			42	42
9	Esiah Gracia (Sr)	72		33	105
12	Gabriel Picazo (So)			14	14
22	Daniel Martinez (So)	45			45
33	J. Hernandez (Fr)	26			26

Santa Maria

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	48	23	71	8.0
3	Leo Mata (Sr)	7	3	10	2.0
5	Sanjay Lozoya (So)	5	1	6
8	Ivan Rico (Sr)	2	1	3
9	Esiah Gracia (Sr)		1	1
10	Aaron Jimenez	1		1
12	Gabriel Picazo (So)	10	3	13	1.0
13	Luis Otero (Fr)	1	1	2
17	Angel Lara (Jr)	2	2	4	1.0
21	Peter Perez (Sr)	3	1	4
22	Daniel Martinez (So)	1		1
30	Andre DeLaRosa (Fr)		2	2
33	J. Hernandez (Fr)		1	1
51	Omar Delarosa (Jr)	1	1	2
54	Justin Martinez (So)	4	3	7	1.0
55	Alfredo De lara (So)	1	1	2
64	R. Gutierrez (Sr)	3	1	4
68	Arath Morales (So)	1		1	1.0
72	Jason Aleman (Fr)	4		4	2.0
85	Chris Oviedo (Fr)		1	1
	Danny Martinez	2		2

Santa Maria

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Hurs
	Team Totals	2
32	Jose Reyna (So)	1
72	Jason Aleman (Fr)	1

Santa Maria

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus
	Team Totals	2	2	1
5	Sanjay Lozoya (So)	1	2
12	Gabriel Picazo (So)			1
72	Jason Aleman (Fr)	1

Santa Maria

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	7	241	34.4	50
77	Rodolfo Vazquez (Fr)	7	241	34.4	50

Santa Maria

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	4	129	32.3	65	1	61	61.0	61	190
1	Manny Lugo (Sr)	1	28	28.0	1					28
3	Leo Mata (Sr)	1	27	27.0	27					27
9	Esiah Gracia (Sr)	1	65	65.0	65	1	61	61.0	61	126
12	Gabriel Picazo (So)	1	9	9.0	9					9

Santa Maria

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	6	36	4	40
1	Manny Lugo (Sr)	1	6	4	10
2	Miguel Alaniz (So)	1	6		6
9	Esiah Gracia (Sr)	2	12		12
12	Gabriel Picazo (So)	1	6		6
22	Daniel Martinez (So)	1	6		6

Santa Maria

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	4	6	.7					4
1	Manny Lugo (Sr)	4	6	.7					4

Santa Maria

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD PR	Total
	Team Totals	3	2	1	6
1	Manny Lugo (Sr)		1		1
2	Miguel Alaniz (So)	1			1
9	Esiah Gracia (Sr)	1		1	2
12	Gabriel Picazo (So)		1		1
22	Daniel Martinez (So)	1			1

Monte Alto (23-24)

Monte Alto has not entered stats for this game.

Recap Video

Recap: Monte Alto vs. Santa Maria 2023 2:39

Game Story

Texas High School Football - Monte Alto succumbs to Santa Maria

September 1, 2023: Monte Alto, TX 78538

The Santa Maria Cougars thwarted the host Monte Alto Blue Devil football team by a count of 40-20 in Friday's non-league outing.

With the win, Santa Maria upgrades its record to 1-1 on the season. The Cougars host Agua Dulce (Agua Dulce, TX) to encounter the Longhorns in a non-league outing on Friday, September 8. The Longhorns go into the outing with a record of 1-1. Agua Dulce lost 18-14 in their recent non-league outing against Freer (Freer, TX)

With the loss, Monte Alto moves to 0-2 on the season. The Blue devil host Falfurrias (Falfurrias, TX) to encounter the Fightin' Jerseys in a non-league outing on Friday, September 8. The Fightin' Jerseys go into the outing with a record of 1-1. Falfurrias lost 28-22 in their recent non-league outing against Hebbronville (Hebbronville, TX)

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Players of the Game

Santa Maria (23-24)

Congratulations to #9 Esiah Gracia (overall), #2 Miguel Alaniz (offensive), #12 Gabriel Picazo (defensive) and #1 Manny Lugo (special teams) for being selected the Santa Maria Football Players of the Game.

Monte Alto (23-24)

Monte Alto has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Santa Maria (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
1,021	692	82

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
7-4	3-2	3-2	4-2	.636	.600	329	256

Monte Alto (23-24)

TX	Section	State Div.
1,197	804	101

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
0-10	0-6	0-6	0-4	.000	.000	53	451

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Santa Maria	13.8	7.8	9.5	4.3	29.9
Monte Alto	1.6	0	.8	1.9	5.3

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Team Stat Comparison

Santa Maria		Monte Alto
185.3	Rushing Yards Per Game	-
111.5	Passing Yards Per Game	-
296.7	Total Yards Per Game	-
32.9	Tackles Per Game	-
0.3	Sacks Per Game	-
24.8	Points Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Santa Maria		Monte Alto	National Avg.
#9 Esiah Gracia111.8	Rushing Yards Per Game	-	20.6
#2 Miguel Alaniz122.6	Passing Yards Per Game	-	50.5
#9 Esiah Gracia169.0	Total Yards Per Game	-	36.9
#15 Matias Saldivar10.3	Tackles Per Game	-	2.7
#72 Anthony Martinez0.4	Sacks Per Game	-	0.2
#9 Esiah Gracia12.0	Points Per Game	-	2.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Santa Maria	1-2		Monte Alto	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/25/23	Falfurrias	Santa Maria	(L) 41-6	9/8/23	Falfurrias	Monte Alto	(L) 54-0
10/20/23	Santa Maria	La Villa	(L) 30-19	9/15/23	Monte Alto	La Villa	(L) 44-0
11/3/23	Premont	Santa Maria	(W) 65-14	8/25/23	Premont	Monte Alto	(L) 22-6

Record Breakdown

Santa Maria (23-24)		Monte Alto (23-24)
7-4	Overall	0-10
3-2	League	0-6
4-1	Non-League	0-4
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
1-2	Common Opponent	0-3
3-2	Home	0-6
4-2	Away	0-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-0
7-4	In-State	0-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0