It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Patriot can now relate to. They fell 35-28 to the South Pasadena Tigers on Friday. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the loss, Patriot still got an impressive performance from Nathan Villanueva, who rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 96 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Villanueva a new career-high in rushing yards. Josiah Felix handled things on the ground, rushing for 125 yards.
Even though they lost, Patriot was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Rick Matsuda and Trey Freking. Matsuda rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on only six carries while Freking gained 101 total yards and two touchdowns. Matsuda's longest rush was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Patriot's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5. As for South Pasadena, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 9-2.
Patriot does not have any more games scheduled as of now. South Pasadena has already played their next contest, a 34-31 win against Valley View on the 15th.
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