It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Kimball can now relate to. The contest between them and the Ponderosa Bruins wasn't particularly close, with the Kimball Jaguars falling 40-21. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 140th, while the Bruins are ranked 13th).
Despite the loss, Kimball still got an impressive performance from Emma Coronado, who threw for 305 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of her passes, and also rushed for 42 yards. Anaiya Garcia was Coronado's top target, picking up 128 receiving yards and a touchdown.
The critical scores for Ponderosa came from Bella Escobar, Liana Montoya, Ellie Escobar, Isabella Hamtpon-Teiber, Brooklynn Nordquist, and Rowan Thomas.
With the loss, Kimball broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 14-9. As for Ponderosa, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 23-0.
Kimball does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Ponderosa, they will welcome Christian Brothers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ponderosa is on a ten-game streak of home wins, Christian Brothers a four-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field.
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