Camarillo kicked off their season on the road on Friday and hit a couple of potholes. They came up short against the Santa Barbara Dons, falling 42-17. While losing is never fun, the Scorpions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 432nd, while the Dons are ranked 124th).
When it comes to explaining why Camarillo lost, don't look at Shane Feller. Despite the final result, he rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 56 receiving yards.
A big part of the victory came down to the chemistry between Laird Finkel and his top target Kai Mault. Finkel threw for 223 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per attempt while Mault picked up 98 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Camarillo will venture away from home to challenge Rio Mesa at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Santa Barbara, they are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they take on Valencia at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Valencia focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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