The Cardinal Newman Cardinals (Santa Rosa, CA) flag football tipped the visiting Rancho Cotate Cougars (Rohnert Park, CA), 24-18 in Wednesday's non-league outing.

The Cardinals now sport a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Analy for a non-league outing on Tuesday, September 17.

With the defeat, Rancho Cotate drops to 0-1 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Heritage (Brentwood, CA) to clash with the Patriots in a non-league outing on Saturday, September 14. The Patriots come into the outing with a record of 5-3. Heritage lost 19-0 in their recent non-league outing against Granada (Livermore, CA)