Football Preview: Santana Sultans vs. Grossmont Foothillers
The Santana Sultans will face off against the Grossmont Foothillers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Santana is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Santana is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Steele Canyon on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Santana was beaten by Steele Canyon 40-6.
Meanwhile, Grossmont came tearing into Tuesday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They managed a 25-19 win over the Eagles. Given the Foothillers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Eagles are ranked 304th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marissa Farace was the offensive standout of the matchup as she threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns. She has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times she's played.
Santana's loss dropped their record down to 9-8-1. As for Grossmont, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Santana ended up a good deal behind Grossmont in their previous matchup two weeks ago, losing 25-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Farace, who threw for 155 yards and three touchdowns. Now that Santana knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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