Football Recap: Costa Mesa Mustangs vs. Savanna Rebels
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Costa Mesa). They took down the Savanna Rebels 40-26 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Mustangs.
Andrew Waiss continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 60 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 241 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Gavin Garza, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown.
Savanna lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Jake Dorsi, who rushed for 225 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Dorsi is now averaging an impressive 125 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Diego Perez, who threw for 214 yards and two touchdowns.
Costa Mesa's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Savanna, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-3.
Costa Mesa will head out to square off against Century at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Costa Mesa's defense has only allowed 11.2 points per game this season, so Century's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Savanna, they will head out on the road to challenge Anaheim at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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