Football Preview: Hillcrest Christian Saints vs. Thacher Toads
The Hillcrest Christian Saints are taking a road trip to challenge the Thacher Toads at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hillcrest Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.2 points per game this season.
Hillcrest Christian will head out to face Thacher after giving up their first home loss of the season last Friday. Hillcrest Christian fell 28-16 to Cornerstone Christian.
Although Hillcrest Christian took the loss, they still got scores from Gabe Catalano and Dylan Stueber.
Hillcrest Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Joey Lucanish. He has been hot , having also posted five or more total tackles the last seven times he's played.
Meanwhile, a victory for Thacher just wasn't in the cards on Saturday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 63-14 loss at the hands of Cate. While losing is never fun, the Toads can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Rams are ranked fourth).
Thacher's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Hillcrest Christian, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3.
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