On Friday, the Terra Nova Tigers came up short against the Vallejo Redhawks and fell 22-14.
Terra Nova's loss came despite strong showings from Joey Donati and Zachary Perez. Donati rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while Perez gained 148 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Donati a new career-high in rushing yards.
Terra Nova's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Ryan Cory, Jeremy Hazen, and Austin Snead picked up one apiece. Hazen is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last five games he's played dating back to last season.
Vallejo can attribute much of their success to Robert Guzman, who threw for 363 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.7 yards per attempt.
Terra Nova now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Vallejo, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Terra Nova will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Sequoia at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th. Terra Nova's defense has only allowed 17.6 points per game this season, so Sequoia's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Vallejo, they will head out to take on Bethel at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Vallejo is facing Bethel at the right time seeing as Bethel is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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