Football Preview: San Mateo Bearcats vs. Terra Nova Tigers
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Bearcats challenges the Terra Nova Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. San Mateo is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
San Mateo is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Monday with ease, bagging a 46-13 victory over Summit Shasta. With that win, the Bearcats brought their scoring average up to 25.9 points per game.
San Mateo found their leader in sophomore Kayla Lichaa, who threw for 114 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown. Lichaa has become a key player for San Mateo: the team is 9-4 when she posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
Lichaa was just one part of a punishing run game: San Mateo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
San Mateo didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Amara Vendel-Williams, Destina Zhou, and Lulu Bertolina picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Terra Nova was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a blow against Menlo-Atherton, falling 40-7.
San Mateo's victory bumped their record up to 9-7. As for Terra Nova, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
San Mateo and Terra Nova were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, but San Mateo suffered an agonizing 13-12 defeat. Can San Mateo avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
