Football Game Preview: St. Augustine Saints vs. San Diego Cavers + How To Watch

By Team Reports Oct 7, 2025, 12:28am

Football Preview: St. Augustine Saints vs. San Diego Cavers

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The St. Augustine Saints will face off against the San Diego Cavers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. San Diego took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Augustine, who comes in off a win.

St. Augustine is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Madison 41-0. The Saints pushed the score to 34-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warhawks had no chance of recovering from.

Paisios Polamalu

Rushing Yards

10/03/25 @ Madison140
09/19/25 @ Mater Dei Catholic91
09/12/25 vs Brawley151
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Paisios Polamalu continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 140 yards and three TDs. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 100.7 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Vince Smith, who threw for 96 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only seven passes.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: St. Augustine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

Meanwhile, San Diego entered their contest against Point Loma on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Cavers took a 31-13 bruising from the Pointers. While losing is never fun, the Cavers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 292nd, while the Pointers are ranked 82nd).

St. Augustine's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-4. As for San Diego, their loss dropped their record down to 4-2.

St. Augustine didn't have too much breathing room in their game against San Diego when the teams last played back in November of 2024, but they still walked away with a 20-16 victory. Will the Saints repeat their success, or do the Cavers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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