Football Preview: Santa Rosa Warriors vs. La Villa Cardinals
Santa Rosa has gone 7-2 against La Villa recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Santa Rosa Warriors will challenge the La Villa Cardinals at 7:30 p.m. La Villa took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Santa Rosa, who comes in off a win.
Santa Rosa is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Pettus: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Santa Rosa blew Pettus out of the water with a 54-12 final score. That's two games straight that the Warriors have won by exactly 42 points.
Santa Rosa's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jj Anaya, who rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries, and Riley Fonseca, who threw for 135 yards and three touchdowns. Anaya also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up a sack and making seven total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Santa Rosa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Santa Rosa's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Pettus' QB won't forget Jayden Garza anytime soon given he sacked him three times.
Meanwhile, La Villa came up short against Lyford on Friday and fell 16-8. The Cardinals have struggled against the Bulldogs recently, as their contest on Friday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
The victory made it two in a row for Santa Rosa and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for La Villa, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-2.
Santa Rosa beat La Villa 20-12 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was La Villa's Brandon Felix, who rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 190 yards on 14 of 24 attempts. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Santa Rosa to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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