Football Preview: JSerra Catholic Lions vs. Santa Margarita Eagles
Two dominant signal callers in Ava Van Heerde and Madi Lam are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The JSerra Catholic Lions will square off against the Santa Margarita Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (JSerra Catholic has four straight wins, Santa Margarita has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
JSerra Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Mater Dei, posting a 41-0 victory at home. The Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Santa Margarita faced Orange Lutheran in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Santa Margarita took a 20-13 hit to the loss column at the hands of Orange Lutheran.
Although Santa Margarita took the loss, they still got scores from Fiona Agius and Avery Finneran.
JSerra Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for Santa Margarita, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-3.
JSerra Catholic came up short against Santa Margarita when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 6-0. Can JSerra Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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