Football Preview: JSerra Catholic Lions vs. Canyon Comanches
JSerra Catholic is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Canyon is on a seven-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The JSerra Catholic Lions will welcome the Canyon Comanches at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both have allowed few points on average, (JSerra Catholic: 13.2, Canyon: 9.4) so any points scored will be well earned.
JSerra Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Santa Margarita, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (JSerra Catholic was ranked fourth). JSerra Catholic won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Santa Margarita 20-19.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Ava Van Heerde and Madi Lam. Van Heerde had a great game last Tuesday and threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of her passes. Meanwhile, Lam was balling out in the loss, throwing for 258 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 52 yards on only seven carries.
Meanwhile, Canyon didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Aliso Niguel on Wednesday, but they still walked away with a 19-14 win.
The critical scores for Canyon came from Katy Cott and Madison Weber.
Canyon didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ella Feldhaus and Evie Roach.
JSerra Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 16-2.
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