Santa Ana is on a three-game streak of home losses, Canyon a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Santa Ana Saints will host the Canyon Comanches at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Santa Ana is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against El Toro on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Santa Ana had to suffer through a 49-6 loss at the hands of El Toro. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 624th, while the Chargers are ranked 224th).
Meanwhile, Canyon scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They took a hard 71-54 fall against Sonora.
Despite the defeat, Canyon got top-tier performance from Alexander Lundsberg, who threw for 487 yards and seven touchdowns, and also rushed for 42 yards and a touchdown. Noah McClary was Lundsberg's top target, picking up 204 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Santa Ana's loss dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-7.
Santa Ana was taken down by Canyon 55-0 when the teams last played back in November of 2014. Thankfully for Santa Ana, Jason Harman (who threw for 90 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 70 yards on only five carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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