The Laguna Blanca Owls will take on the Villanova Prep Wildcats at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Laguna Blanca fought the good fight in their overtime game against Malibu on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 43-42 to the Sharks. On the bright side, the 42- point effort marked the Owls' highest-scoring matchup to date.
Meanwhile, Villanova Prep came up short against Thacher on Saturday, falling 60-38. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Toads are ranked 14th).
This is the second loss in a row for Laguna Blanca and nudges their season record down to 1-4. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.0 points over those games. As for Villanova Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Everything went Laguna Blanca's way against Villanova Prep when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as Laguna Blanca made off with a 22-0 victory. Will the Owls repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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