The Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders are headed away from home for the first time to challenge the San Marcos Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Mater Dei Catholic might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 56-28 to Granite Hills, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Eagles are ranked 20th).
Mater Dei Catholic's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Kartell Purvis, who threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns, and Isaiah Cook, who picked up 145 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Cook got the majority of those yards when he pulled down a pass and and took off for a gain of88 yards.
Even though they lost, Mater Dei Catholic was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 482 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Mater Dei Catholic's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Cook and Jordan Dumaran. With that strong performance, Cook is now averaging an impressive 117.5 receiving yards per game.
Meanwhile, San Marcos strolled past Tesoro with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 42-28. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Knights.
San Marcos' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kreet Makihele led the charge by throwing for 469 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per attempt. Jase Nix was Makihele's top target, picking up 166 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
San Marcos wouldn't let Tesoro keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. San Marcos can thank Ty Sagaser and Kieran Sullivan for forcing both of them. Sullivan also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Mater Dei Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for San Marcos, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
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