Century entered their matchup against Costa Mesa on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Century Centurions fell 28-21 to the Costa Mesa Mustangs. The Centurions gained 115 more yards on the day, but it was the Mustangs that made the best use of them.
Despite the loss, Century still got an impressive performance from Daniel Joya, who rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 182 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Joya a new career-high in rushing yards. Noe Najera was another key player, gaining 122 total yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Century was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Costa Mesa was led to victory by Gavin Garza and Andrew Waiss. Garza rushed for 172 yards and a touchdown, while Waiss threw for 181 yards and three touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (84 yards to be exact) went to Logan Glabb, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
This is the second loss in a row for Century and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Costa Mesa, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-1.
Century will welcome Loara at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Century is facing Loara at the right time seeing as Loara is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Costa Mesa, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Santiago at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. Costa Mesa's defense has only allowed 13.2 points per game this season, so Santiago's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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