Football Preview: Orcutt Academy Spartans vs. Cate Rams
The Orcutt Academy Spartans will challenge the Cate Rams at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Orcutt Academy comes in on four and Cate on five.
Orcutt Academy gave up the first points last Saturday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top against Thacher by a score of 38-28. The Spartans pushed the score to 38-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Toads cut but never quite recovered from.
Orcutt Academy had a senior duo take command as Ryan Dollahite gained 174 total yards and two touchdowns and Joaquin Perez rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance also gave Dollahite a new career-high in rushing yards. Moses Aguirre was another key player, rushing for 45 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Orcutt Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Orcutt Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Isaac Noble, Dollahite, and Aguirre picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cate). They blew past Laguna Blanca 43-0 on the road on Saturday. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Owls are ranked 45th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Orcutt Academy's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Cate, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Orcutt Academy was dealt a bruising 55-0 defeat at the hands of Cate when the teams last played back in September of 2021. Can Orcutt Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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