It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Santa Paula can now relate to. They fell just short of the Roosevelt Mustangs by a score of  16-13 on Saturday. The Cardinals were red-hot offensively heading into the  matchup (they scored no less than 31  points in the three  games prior), but the Mustangs' defense proved too tough.
Although Santa Paula took the loss, they still got scores from  Angie Aguilera and  Cindy Cisneros.
 Santa Paula didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of  Bella Rico and  Cisneros.

Cardinals
| 10/25/25 @ Roosevelt | 13-16 | 
| 10/21/25 vs Channel Islands | 35-34 | 
| 10/13/25 vs Hueneme | 41-0 | 
| 10/09/25 vs Bishop Diego | 49-6 | 
| 10/08/25 @ Channel Islands | 27-12 | 
Santa Paula moved to 13-3 with that  loss, which also ended their seven-game winning streak. As for Roosevelt, they pushed their record up to 12-10 with the  win, which was their fourth straight  at home.
As of now, neither Santa Paula nor the Mustangs have any future games scheduled.
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