Sophomore wide receiver Kai Mault hauled in two long touchdown passes and scored a two-point conversion on a bad snap to lead the Santa Barbara High football team to a 35-14 non-league win at defending CIF Central Section champion and regional champion Righetti on Friday night.
With the Dons leading 18-7, Mault and quarterback Abel Renteria hooked up on a 49-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. Jeffery Lechuga’s PAT expanded the lead to 25-7 at the 10:03 mark.
The pair combined again on a 63-yard strike for a 32-7 advantage.
Righetti’s Isaiah Abrigo scored on a 17-yard run to make it 32-14 before Lechuga booted a 24-yard field goal to complete the scoring. He also kicked a field goal in the first half to put the Dons up 11-7.
Righetti (0-2) took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 17-yard run by Josiah Coronado.
Santa Barbara got on the board when Renteria found sophomore Tomas Gil for a 20-yard touchdown strike. The snap was bad on the PAT, but Mault, the holder, turned the busted play into two points and a lead the Dons would never relinquish.
Lechuga kicked a field goal and Renteria scored on an 8-yard run for an 18-7 halftime advantage.
Renteria and Mault then put on a show in the second half to send the Dons into next Friday’s Channel League opener at league favorite Pacifica at 2-0.