The Santa Ana Saints will venture away from home to face off against the Sonora Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Santa Ana is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Santa Ana is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Troy on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Santa Ana was outmatched by Troy at home and fell 42-13. 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 651st, while the Warriors are ranked 192nd).
Meanwhile, Sonora didn't have quite enough to beat El Toro on Friday and fell 31-28. The Raiders gained 101 more yards on the day, but it was the Chargers that made the best use of them.
Sonora might have lost, but man, Olin Morales Hyder was a machine: he rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. Those 165 rushing yards gave Morales Hyder a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Sonora was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as El Toro only rushed for 150.
Santa Ana's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Sonora, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-4.
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