Santa Gertrudis Academy is 1-6 against San Diego since October of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Santa Gertrudis Academy Lions will challenge the San Diego Vaqueros at 7:00 p.m. Santa Gertrudis Academy will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Santa Gertrudis Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Progreso at home to the tune of 44-7 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, San Diego came up short against Rio Hondo on Friday and fell 42-29.
Jayden Lozano put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for ten yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 114 yards and a touchdown on only ten passes. Nicholas Luera handled things on the ground, rushing for 82 yards.
San Diego wouldn't let Rio Hondo keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. San Diego can thank Myke Gutierrez and Frank Soliz for forcing both of them. Soliz is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made eight or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Santa Gertrudis Academy's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for San Diego, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-2.
Santa Gertrudis Academy came up short against San Diego in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 34-26. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lozano, who threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown. Now that Santa Gertrudis Academy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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