Football Game Preview: Kimball Jaguars vs. St. Mary's Rams + How To Watch

By Team Reports Oct 7, 2025, 2:20am

Football Preview: Kimball Jaguars vs. St. Mary's Rams

HOW TO WATCH: This game can be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the CA Interscholastic Federation (CIF) & Kimball High School. Watch Full Replay

Two dominant signal callers in Richard Sandoval and Jaden Galvan are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Kimball Jaguars will head out on the road to face off against the St. Mary's Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Kimball has given up an average of 35.8 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.

Kimball managed to slip by Lincoln the last time these teams faced off, but didn't have those same answers this time around. The Jaguars were beaten by the Trojans 48-3 on Friday. Having soared to a lofty 34 points in the game before, the Jaguars couldn't push the score so high this time.

Dawson Pelech

Total Tackles

10/03/25 vs Lincoln18
09/26/25 @ Analy15
09/19/25 vs Golden Valley12
09/12/25 vs Mountain House18
09/05/25 vs West9
08/22/25 @ East Union18

Kimball didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dawson Pelech and Ashton Mainarick. Pelech is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least nine every time he's taken the field this season.

Meanwhile, St. Mary's got themselves on the board against Lodi on Friday, but Lodi never followed suit. They claimed a resounding 53-0 victory over the Flames. That looming 53-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Rams yet this season.

Kimball better keep an eye on Kenneth Moore iii. He was instrumental in St. Mary's win, picking up 77 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns, while also punching in one score on the ground.

One reason for the win was St. Mary's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Andrew Brown was especially locked on to Lodi's QB and sacked him twice.

Kimball's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3. As for St. Mary's, they picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 4-2.

Kimball was taken down by St. Mary's 48-14 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Jaguars were down 48-0.

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