If Mills was riding high fresh off their 39-14 takedown of Sequoia last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Mills Vikings took an 18-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of the San Mateo Bearcats on Monday. The match marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Kayla Lichaa was her usual excellent self, throwing for 104 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 54 yards on only five carries for San Mateo. Lichaa is becoming a predictor of San Mateo's success: when she posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 6-2 (and 0-3 when she doesn't). Valentina Gomez Palacio was in the mix too, providing San Mateo with two touchdowns.
Mills' defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-1. As for San Mateo, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-5.
Mills has the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Lowell at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for San Mateo, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Bearcats dukes it out withWoodside at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. San Mateo is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.8 points per game this season.
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