The Santa Rosa Panthers will take on the St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
St. Vincent de Paul is facing Santa Rosa at the wrong time: Santa Rosa suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a hard 42-26 fall against the Prospectors. The match was a 14-14 toss-up at halftime, but the Panthers couldn't quite close it out.
Santa Rosa might have lost, but man, Daniel Mills was a machine: he rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 62 receiving yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Santa Rosa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Vincent de Paul). They took their matchup at home on Saturday with ease, bagging a 62-28 win over Fortuna. The Mustangs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 34 points or more this season.
Gabe Casanovas continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 329 yards and six touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 36 yards and a touchdown. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Mason Caturegli, who rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns.
Santa Rosa now has a losing record at 2-3. As for St. Vincent de Paul, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Santa Rosa has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 270.8 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like St. Vincent de Paul struggles in that department as they've been averaging 186.8. It's looking like Friday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Santa Rosa was taken down by St. Vincent de Paul 42-6 in their previous meeting back in November of 2021. Thankfully for Santa Rosa, Kai Hall (who rushed for 215 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 40 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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