On Tuesday, Santa Margarita faced Orange Lutheran in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Santa Margarita Eagles fell 20-13 to the Orange Lutheran Lancers. The Eagles' loss continues a trend for the team, making it three in a row.
Although Santa Margarita took the loss, they still got scores from Fiona Agius and Avery Finneran.
A big part of Orange Lutheran's win came down to the chemistry between Makena Cook and her top target Julia Oberholtzer. Cook threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns while completing 85.7% of her passes while Oberholtzer picked up 157 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Cook has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last eight times she's played.
Santa Margarita's defeat dropped their record down to 11-3. As for Orange Lutheran, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 18-0.
Santa Margarita didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 27-25 win against JSerra Catholic on the 3rd. As for Orange Lutheran, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 12-6 loss against Mater Dei on the 3rd.
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