Football Recap: Crespi Celts vs. Santa Paula Cardinals
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Crespi can now relate to. They and the Santa Paula Cardinals were almost perfectly matched up on Saturday, but they suffered a 35-34 defeat. The Celts have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Crespi still got an impressive performance from Masyn Harvey, who rushed for 275 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns. Those 275 rushing yards gave Harvey a new career-high.
Even if they lost, Crespi's defensive line still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Santa Paula's QB won't forget Somto Nwude anytime soon given he sacked him three times. Nwude has been hot for a while, having also posted five or more total tackles the last 12 times he's played.
Even though they lost, Crespi was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 193 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
It was another big night for Allen Macias, who rushed for 301 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry, and also picked up 41 receiving yards and a touchdown for Santa Paula. Izayah Mata was another key player, rushing for 120 yards on only nine carries.
Crespi now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Santa Paula, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 7-4.
Crespi does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Santa Paula, they will host Portola at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Santa Paula knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Portola likes a good challenge.
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