Two dominant signal callers in Angie Aguilera and Alyssa Olmos are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Santa Paula Cardinals will face off against the Channel Islands Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Santa Paula will be strutting in after a victory while Channel Islands will be coming in after a loss.
Santa Paula's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They claimed a resounding 35-0 win over Fillmore. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won eight games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Santa Paula didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Natalie Herrejon and Aguilera.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 45 points the game before, Channel Islands was a bit more limited in their contest on Saturday. They were dealt a 41-7 defeat at the hands of Huntington Beach. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California flag football rankings (they are ranked 174th, while the Oilers are ranked third).
Santa Paula is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.4 points on average over those games. As for Channel Islands, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-8.
Santa Paula couldn't quite get it done against Channel Islands in their previous meeting back in September as they fell 31-18. Can the Cardinals avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
