After flying high against Murrieta Mesa last Friday, Tesoro came back down to earth. The Tesoro Titans received a blow on Friday as they fell 42-28 to the San Marcos Knights.
Despite the loss, Tesoro still got an impressive performance from Cash O'Byrne, who rushed for 126 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 257 yards on 24 of 42 attempts. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (124 yards to be exact) went to Campbell Schamel.
San Marcos' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kreet Makihele, who threw for 469 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per attempt. With that strong performance, Makihele is now averaging an impressive 323.5 passing yards per game. Jase Nix was Makihele's top target, picking up 166 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Tesoro's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for San Marcos, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Tesoro will head out on the road to square off against La Mirada at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for San Marcos, they will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on Mater Dei Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
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