The Santaluces Chiefs's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the South Dade Buccaneers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Santaluces' favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last six matchups.
Santaluces will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Park Vista, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Santaluces put the hurt on Park Vista with a sharp 35-13 win on Thursday. Considering the Chiefs have won six games by more than 21 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Santaluces didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Zechariah Souverain and Andreas Jakusik.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last three matches, South Dade finally came back down to earth last Friday. They came up short against Southridge, falling 33-7. Despite 111 more yards than the Spartans, the Buccaneers couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
South Dade's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of X?Zayvion Clayton, who rushed for 122 yards on only nine carries, and Javarius Wright, who picked up 59 receiving yards.
Santaluces' victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.8 points per game. As for South Dade, they moved to 5-5 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
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