Santa Fe won the last time they faced California, and things went their way on Friday too. Everything went the Santa Fe Chiefs' way against the California Condors as the Santa Fe Chiefs made off with a 48-22 win. Considering the Chiefs have won five games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Andrew Lopez was a one-man wrecking crew for Santa Fe as he rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and also threw for 73 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Lopez a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Devin Clark, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Santa Fe didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Matthew Hernandez and Luke Hitch. Hitch also made four total tackles, which is notable because Santa Fe is undefeated when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Santa Fe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 360 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Although California took the loss, they still got scores from Ricky Gonzales III, Matthew Saavedra, and Alex Meza.
Santa Fe is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for California, they are on a nine-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-7.
Santa Fe will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Whittier at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. As for California, they will square off against El Rancho at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. El Rancho is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.5 points per game this season.
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