JSerra Catholic has won four straight games at home, while Santa Margarita has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The JSerra Catholic Lions will welcome the Santa Margarita Eagles at 6:00 p.m. JSerra Catholic will be strutting in after a victory while Santa Margarita will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, JSerra Catholic beat Mater Dei 19-14. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Monarchs are ranked 107th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
JSerra Catholic found their leader in underclassman Ava Van Heerde, who threw for 267 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.5% of her passes. What's more, Van Heerde also racked up 19 rushing yards, the mostshe's had since back in September.
Meanwhile, Santa Margarita entered their match against Orange Lutheran on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Santa Margarita lost to Orange Lutheran at home by a 32-14 margin. The Eagles' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
JSerra Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season. As for Santa Margarita, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-4.
JSerra Catholic couldn't quite finish off Santa Margarita in their previous meeting last Thursday and fell 27-25. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Santa Margarita's Madi Lam, who threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.3% of her passes, and also rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown. Now that JSerra Catholic knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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