Football Preview: St. Margaret's Tartans vs. Garden Grove Argonauts
The St. Margaret's Tartans will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Garden Grove Argonauts at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for St. Margaret's and seven for Garden Grove.
St. Margaret's is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Esperanza on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. St. Margaret's had to suffer through a 35-7 loss at the hands of Esperanza. The Tartans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 21-0.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 32 points the game before, Garden Grove was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They were beaten by Brea Olinda 48-10. While losing is never fun, the Argonauts can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 760th, while the Wildcats are ranked 178th).
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Quentin Pacelli and Nathan Aceves. Aceves had a great game and gained 183 total yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Pacelli was balling out in the loss, rushing for 167 yards, while also picking up 52 receiving yards.
St. Margaret's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Garden Grove, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
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