The Cypress Centurions's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Crean Lutheran Saints at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Cypress' defense has only allowed 9.4 points per game this season, so Crean Lutheran's offense will have their work cut out for them.
On Saturday, Cypress was able to grind out a solid win over Downey, taking the game 20-13. Given the Centurions' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Vikings are ranked 65th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Crean Lutheran had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They came out on top against the Bears by a score of 20-12. 20 seems to be a good number for the Saints as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Crean Lutheran's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged five passes before it was all said and done. Allyson Schmida led the group effort, picking up three of those interceptions all by herself. What's more, Taylor Cain also racked up three rushing yards, the mostshe's had since back in August.
Cypress' win bumped their record up to 9-2. As for Crean Lutheran, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
Cypress won a match that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in October of 2023, slipping by Crean Lutheran 14-13. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Crean Lutheran's Hayli McIlroy, who rushed for 32 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Cypress still be able to contain McIlroy? There's only one way to find out.
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