After flying high against Carpinteria last Friday, Santa Paula came back down to earth. The Santa Paula Cardinals came up short against the Agoura Chargers on Friday, falling 50-26. The Cardinals gained 101 more yards on the day, but it was the Chargers that made the best use of them.
Defeat or not, Santa Paula got some senior leadership from Izayah Mata and Allen Macias. Mata threw for 275 yards and a touchdown while completing 74.1% of his passes, while Macias gained 138 total yards and two touchdowns. Those 275 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Mata. A healthy portion of that aerial production (82 yards to be exact) went to Sebastian Cripe.
Even though they lost, Santa Paula was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in 16 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
DC Stevenson was nothing short of spectacular for Agoura: he threw for 223 yards and four touchdowns on only 18 passes.
Santa Paula's loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Agoura, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
Santa Paula has already played their next contest, a 28-14 defeat against San Marcos on the 11th. As for Agoura, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 49-27 win against Dos Pueblos on the 10th.
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