The St. Mary's Rams will square off against the Tracy Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. St. Mary's is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.4 points per game this season.
St. Mary's is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Livingston just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell to the Wolves 21-15. The Rams gained 107 more yards on the day, but it was the Wolves that made the best use of them.
St. Mary's might have lost, but man, Raia Brown was a machine: she threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of her passes, and also picked up 85 receiving yards and a touchdown. A healthy portion of that aerial production (80 yards to be exact) also went to Presley DaCruz.
St. Mary's didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Mila Townsend and Larissa Hackley.
Meanwhile, Tracy waltzed into their match on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They strolled past the Trojans with points to spare, taking the game 20-6. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Trojans are ranked 314th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Mary's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-4. As for Tracy, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season.
St. Mary's didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Tracy in their previous meeting back in September, but they still walked away with a 12-6 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Mary's since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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