Santa Clara entered their match against Thacher on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Santa Clara Saints fell 28-21 to the Thacher Toads. The Saints haven't had much luck with the Toads recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Several Saints players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Julian Garcia, who rushed for 115 yards, and also caught a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Jayden Ramirez, who rushed for 62 yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Santa Clara's defense still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Leading the way was Dylan White with three.
Santa Clara's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Thacher, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-2.
Santa Clara will host Orcutt Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Orcutt Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 42.2 points per game this season. As for Thacher, they will head out on the road to challenge Cate at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Cate will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
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