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The Monte Vista Christian (Watsonville, CA) varsity football team won Friday's home non-conference game against Santa Cruz (CA) by a score of 43-28.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Santa Cruz	7	6	0	15	28
MVCHS	8	14	0	21	43

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Game Stats

Santa Cruz (22-23)

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Monte Vista Christian (22-23)

Monte Vista Christian

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	12	27	131	.444	10.9	4	1		83.5
2	Dominic Pierini (So)	12	27	131	.444	10.9	4	1		83.5

Monte Vista Christian

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	2	6	3.0	5	0	2
1	Kyle Recotta (Sr)	2	6	3.0	5	0	2

Monte Vista Christian

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	4	31	7.8	12	4
14	Jaiden Cote (Jr)	1	5	5.0	5	1
80	Jonny Ledesma (Sr)	1	3	3.0	3	1
88	Luke Lange (Sr)	2	23	11.5	12	2

Monte Vista Christian

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	6	31	37
1	Kyle Recotta (Sr)	6		6
14	Jaiden Cote (Jr)		5	5
80	Jonny Ledesma (Sr)		3	3
88	Luke Lange (Sr)		23	23

Monte Vista Christian

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	6	131	31	137
1	Kyle Recotta (Sr)	6			6
2	Dominic Pierini (So)		131		131
14	Jaiden Cote (Jr)			5	5
80	Jonny Ledesma (Sr)			3	3
88	Luke Lange (Sr)			23	23

Monte Vista Christian

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	10	60	2	5	43
1	Kyle Recotta (Sr)	2	12			12
2	Dominic Pierini (So)	4	24
4	Mario Melo (Jr)				5	5
14	Jaiden Cote (Jr)	1	6			6
80	Jonny Ledesma (Sr)	1	6	2		8
88	Luke Lange (Sr)	2	12			12

Monte Vista Christian

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	5	5	1.0	0	0			5
4	Mario Melo (Jr)	5	5	1.0	0	0			5

Monte Vista Christian

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	2	4	10
1	Kyle Recotta (Sr)	2		2
2	Dominic Pierini (So)			4
14	Jaiden Cote (Jr)		1	1
80	Jonny Ledesma (Sr)		1	1
88	Luke Lange (Sr)		2	2

Monte Vista Christian

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1		1
80	Jonny Ledesma (Sr)	1		1

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Game Story

California High School Football - Santa Cruz knocked off by Monte Vista Christian

September 16, 2022: Watsonville, CA 95076

Monte Vista Christian Mustangs (Watsonville, CA) fans left the game content Friday as they saw their football team gain a win over the visiting Santa Cruz Cardinals (Santa Cruz, CA), 43-28 in a non-league test.

With the triumph, Monte Vista Christian improves its record to 2-2 on the campaign. The Mustangs host Monterey (Monterey, CA) to confront the Dores in a Pacific Coast - Mission test on Thursday, September 22. The Dores come into the test with a record of 2-2. Monterey lost 17-16 in their recent non-league test against Hollister (Hollister, CA)

With the loss, Santa Cruz drops to 1-3 on the campaign. The Cardinals host Aptos (Aptos, CA) to confront the Mariners in a Pacific Coast - Gabilan test on Friday, September 23. The Mariners come into the test with a record of 3-1. Aptos won 56-0 in their recent non-league test against North Salinas (Salinas, CA)

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Santa Cruz @ MVCHS Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 16, 2022 @ 7:30p

The Monte Vista Christian (Watsonville, CA) varsity football team won Friday's home non-conference game against Santa Cruz (CA) by a score of 43-28.

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Rankings & Records

Santa Cruz (22-23)

CA	Section
665	55

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
2-8	1-3	1-3	1-5	.200	.250	157	367

Monte Vista Christian (22-23)

CA	Section
687	57

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
3-7	1-5	2-3	1-4	.300	.167	184	326

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Santa Cruz	2.8	2.7	1.2	4.8	15.7
Monte Vista Christian	2.4	7.0	2.1	6.9	18.4

Team Stat Comparison

Santa Cruz		Monte Vista Christian
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	27.9
-	Passing Yards Per Game	154.0
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	96.1
-	Total Yards Per Game	181.9
-	Points Per Game	18.4

Team Leaders

Santa Cruz		Monte Vista Christian	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#20 Connor Pallott18.8	21.0
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#2 Dominic Pierini146.6	51.8
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	#3 Nico Downie63.5	17.6
-	Total Yards Per Game	#2 Dominic Pierini146.6	37.0
-	Points Per Game	#14 Jaiden Cote3.2	2.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Santa Cruz	0-3		Monte Vista Christian	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/26/22	Scotts Valley	Santa Cruz	(L) 17-0	10/21/22	Scotts Valley	Monte Vista Christian	(L) 7-0
9/9/22	Santa Cruz	Soquel	(L) 47-24	10/28/22	Monte Vista Christian	Soquel	(L) 35-10
10/7/22	Santa Cruz	Alisal	(L) 42-19	9/8/22	Monte Vista Christian	Alisal	(W) 20-13

Record Breakdown

Santa Cruz (22-23)		Monte Vista Christian (22-23)
2-8	Overall	3-7
1-3	League	1-5
1-5	Non-League	2-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-3	Common Opponent	1-2
1-3	Home	2-3
1-5	Away	1-4
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-8	In-State	3-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0