SANTA ANA – Santa Ana coach Charlie Tegantvoort said that, in his opinion, the only team that can beat Santa Ana is Santa Ana.
On a night when they honored the team’s seniors, the Saints defeated Estanica 37-6 in an Orange Coast League game on Friday at Santa Ana Stadium, but the players weren’t satisfied with the victory after drawing over 100 yards in penalties.
“We had some good players making some good plays,” Tegantvoort said. “But we expect great players making great plays. We’re happy for the win and we’re happy to honor our seniors, but that’s not who we are. We want to be perfect and we are going to fight to get better.”
Postgame interview with Santa Ana coach Charlie Tegantvoort. The Saints will take the win, but they will need to clean up the penalties and mistakes if they plan to stay in the Orange Coast League Championship race.@ocvarsity @SantaAnaSaints pic.twitter.com/EzurD4N1W9
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Santa Ana (4-0) scored 21 points in the first quarter, including two touchdown passes from quarterback Angel Vega and a touchdown run from Jason Costa.
Costa added another score before the first half ended, but he left the game with an injury in the third quarter and didn’t return. Costa rushed for 93 yards on 19 carries with the two scores and had an interception.
With Costa on the sideline, Raul Alvarez and Dominic Madrid filled his role. Alvarez rushed for 53 yards on seven carries and Madrid rushed for 110 yards on 12 carries with a touchdown.
“It felt like he never got out (of the game),” Vega said “The next back had the same production with the same yards.”
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— Jason Costa (@Jason_Costa157) April 3, 2021
Estancia (1-3) got on the scoreboard late in the second quarter thanks to a 19-yard field goal from Freddy Guzman. Guzman added another field goal from 35 yards out in the fourth quarter.
Vega was 12 of 17 passing for 184 yards and two touchdowns. Anthony Gomez caught six passes for 83 yards and a score for the Saints.
Eagles quarterback Lucas Pacheco was 10 of 23 passing for 72 yards and two interceptions while he also rushed for 65 yards on 12 carries to go along with eight tackles on defense.
Noah Aires had eight tackles and an interception for Estancia.
The Saints will take on host Costa Mesa on Friday, April 9. Estancia will host Laguna Beach on the same night.
“We have to fix our little mistakes,” Costa said. “We have to focus on us, with our keys and our jobs. We just have to execute.”
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