The Santiago Sharks are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they take on the Hillcrest Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Santiago is leaving town to face Hillcrest after disappointing their home crowd in their season opener. Santiago took a blow against Yucaipa on Friday, falling 40-13. While losing is never fun, the Sharks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 340th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 167th).
Even if they lost, Santiago's defensive line still kept up the pressure with five sacks. In that department, Daniel Perez was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, Hillcrest had to travel to play their first game of the season, but the final result was worth the trip. They really took it to Corona for the full four quarters, racking up a 47-14 victory on the road. The Trojans pushed the score to 41-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers had little chance of recovering from.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Matthew Ramos and his top target Nicholas Shaw. Ramos threw for 233 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes while Shaw picked up 126 receiving yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Julian Sandoval, who picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hillcrest was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 404 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Corona only gained 215.
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