The St. Augustine Saints will take on the Grossmont Foothillers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
St. Augustine is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 41 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Point Loma on Friday. They lost 31-7 to the Pointers. 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 179th, while the Pointers are ranked 38th).
Meanwhile, Grossmont entered their tilt with Monte Vista on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They were the clear victors by a 56-33 margin over the Monarchs. The Foothillers pushed the score to 56-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Monarchs cut but never quite recovered from.
Grossmont's win came from a few key players St. Augustine will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Corbin Dow, who rushed for 238 yards and one touchdown while picking up 11.3 yards per carry. Those 238 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Tyler Holmes, who threw for 245 yards and four TDs.
Grossmont's record is now 9-1. As for St. Augustine, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
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