Two dominant signal callers in Madi Lam and Kendra Hansen are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Santa Margarita Eagles will face off against the Mater Dei Monarchs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Santa Margarita's defense has only allowed 11.5 points per game this season, so Mater Dei's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Santa Margarita is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: JSerra Catholic, who was ranked second at the time (Santa Margarita was ranked sixth). The Eagles lost to the Lions on the road by a 34-19 margin on Thursday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Mater Dei, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They took down San Ysidro 35-21 on Saturday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Monarchs considering their six-point performance the game before.
Mater Dei is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.4 points over those games. As for Santa Margarita, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-4.
Santa Margarita won a contest that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in October of 2024, slipping by Mater Dei 27-26. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Hansen, who threw for 195 yards and four TDs, and also rushed for 115 yards on only nine carries. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Eagles still be able to contain Hansen? There's only one way to find out.
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