Football Recap: Santa Ynez Takes a Loss

By Team Reports Nov 3, 2024, 8:15am

Football Recap: Santa Ynez Pirates vs. Righetti Warriors

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Santa Ynez and Righetti met for a duel on Friday where Santa Ynez had to take the L. The Santa Ynez Pirates were outmatched by the Righetti Warriors on the road and fell 49-14. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 550th, while the Warriors are ranked 262nd).

Although Santa Ynez took the loss, they still got scores from Austin Willis and Luke Gianis.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Righetti to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gilbert Muriguia, who threw for 121 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Nicholas Matautia was another key player, rushing for 32 yards and a touchdown.

This is the second loss in a row for Santa Ynez and nudges their season record down to 3-7. As for Righetti, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3.

Santa Ynez will be playing at home against Arvin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Arvin will roll in looking for their fifth straight win, something Santa Ynez surely won't give up without a fight. Righetti does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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