Mira Mesa entered their tilt with Mission Bay on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took down the Mission Bay Buccaneers 26-8. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 114th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Mira Mesa came from Liliana Sanders, Rhianna Goff, Ivorii Seals, and Mahea'Ani Manibusan.
When it comes to explaining why Mission Bay lost, don't look at Mary Reger. Despite the final result, she threw for 148 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 60 yards on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave Reger a new career-high in rushing yards.
Mira Mesa is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season. As for Mission Bay, the loss snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 11-3 record.
Mira Mesa will venture away from home to face off against Point Loma at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Mira Mesa is facing Point Loma at the right time seeing as Point Loma is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. As for Mission Bay, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 20-6 win against University City on the 10th.
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