Football Preview: California Condors vs. Santa Fe Chiefs
The California Condors are on the road again on Friday to play the Santa Fe Chiefs at 7:00 p.m. California will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
California is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 41-26 bruising from Los Altos on Thursday. The Condors have struggled against the Conquerors recently, as their game on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
California's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Brian Padilla, who rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, and Nick Coronado, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: California was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 69.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 198.3.
California wouldn't let Los Altos keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. California can thank Marcus Ramirez and Frank Gallardo for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe entered their game against Covina on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The match between Santa Fe and Covina wasn't particularly close, with Santa Fe falling 42-28. The Chiefs' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Devin Clark and Kwame Parrish. Parrish had a great game and rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Clark was balling out in the loss, rushing for 216 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.6 yards per carry.
California's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Santa Fe, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-2.
California was taken down by Santa Fe 37-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for California, Tariq Bush (who rushed for 171 yards while picking up 9.5 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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