If Casa Grande was riding high fresh off their 34-13 takedown of Rancho Cotate last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Casa Grande Gauchos fell just short of the San Marin Mustangs by a score of 39-37 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (34), the Gauchos still had to take the loss.
Defeat or not, Casa Grande got some senior leadership from Enzo Murray and Danny Mercado. Murray gained 130 total yards and four touchdowns, while Mercado threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.5% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Murray a new career-high in rushing yards.
It was another big night for Wesley Timmel, who picked up 146 receiving yards and three touchdowns for San Marin.
Casa Grande's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for San Marin, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Casa Grande will look to defend their home field on Friday against Napa at 7:00 p.m. Casa Grande has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 119 points over their last three contests. As for San Marin, they will square off against Ukiah at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. San Marin's defense has only allowed 17.2 points per game this season, so Ukiah's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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