Carpinteria is 2-7 against Santa Paula since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Carpinteria Warriors will be playing in front of their home fans against the Santa Paula Cardinals at 7:00 p.m.
Carpinteria came up short against Viewpoint on Friday, falling 43-20. The loss was the Warriors' first of the season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Santa Paula, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They breezed by St. Bernard at home to the tune of 56-14 on Friday. The Cardinals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 42 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Allen Macias, who rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 138 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Rabago, who picked up 60 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Santa Paula was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 263 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in 14 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Santa Paula wouldn't let St. Bernard keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Santa Paula can thank Efren Bracamontes and Sebastian Alcantar for forcing both of them.
Having lost for the first time this season, Carpinteria fell to 2-1. As for Santa Paula, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Carpinteria took a serious blow against Santa Paula in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 42-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Macias, who rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also picked up 30 receiving yards. Now that Carpinteria knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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