Football Recap: Santa Maria Takes a Loss

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A victory for Santa Maria just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against the Lompoc Braves, falling 40-8. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 500th, while the Braves are ranked 198th).

This is the second loss in a row for Santa Maria and nudges their season record down to 2-9. As for Lompoc, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 12-5.

Santa Maria will be playing in front of their home fans against Lompoc at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Lompoc, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 39-25 defeat against Ventura on the 5th.

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