The St. Margaret's Tartans will face off against the Segerstrom Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
St. Margaret's is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Dana Hills on Friday. St. Margaret's came up short against Dana Hills, falling 35-14. While losing is never fun, the Tartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 397th, while the Dolphins are ranked 167th).
Although St. Margaret's took the loss, they still got scores from Sam Orellana and Jack Klausner.
St. Margaret's wouldn't let Dana Hills keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. St. Margaret's can thank Luke Newman and Will Riddle for forcing both of them. What's more, Newman also racked up -1 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-10, which was the final score in Segerstrom's tilt against Troy on Friday. The matchup marked the Jaguars' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Segerstrom's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Nicholas Cervantes, who picked up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Noah Tagaloa, who rushed for 83 yards on only ten carries.
St. Margaret's now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Segerstrom, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-2.
Everything came up roses for St. Margaret's against Segerstrom in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, as the team secured a 55-27 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Tagaloa, who rushed for 109 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also picked up 39 receiving yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will St. Margaret's still be able to contain Tagaloa? There's only one way to find out.
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