Having just played yesterday, the Santa Rosa Panthers will jump right back in to play the Christopher Cougars at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
It was a proper cat-fight when Santa Rosa faced off against Cardinal Newman on Friday. The Panthers took a hard 41-24 fall against the Cardinals. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Cardinals recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, Christopher fought the good fight in their overtime game against Leigh on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 73-72 to the Longhorns. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (58), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Christopher's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 11-4. As for Santa Rosa, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13.
Santa Rosa suffered a grim 60-37 defeat to Christopher when the teams last played back in December of 2024. Can the Panthers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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