San Marcos won the last time they faced Santa Paula, and things went their way on Friday too. The San Marcos Royals took down the Santa Paula Cardinals 28-14. That's two games straight that the Royals have won by exactly 14 points.
It was another big night for Nathan Jones, who rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making nine total tackles.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to San Marcos' defense and their four sacks. Roman Gislimberti was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself.
Despite the loss, Santa Paula still got an impressive performance from Izayah Mata, who threw for 183 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 61 yards on only six carries. A healthy portion of that aerial production (83 yards to be exact) went to Sebastian Cripe.
The victory made it two in a row for San Marcos and bumps their season record up to 4-2-1. As for Santa Paula, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-3.
San Marcos didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 38-22 win against Hueneme on the 18th. Santa Paula has also already played their next contest, a 29-21 loss against Dos Pueblos on the 18th.
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