It has been a rough 2025 season for the Pioneer Valley and Santa Maria football teams. They are both 1-8 and out of playoff contention.

The Santa Maria win came via a Fresno Hoover forfeit. Santa Maria athletic director Dan Ellington said Hoover used an ineligible player and self reported the violation after Hoover had won the game on the field between the two teams 39-6.

This is the first year since 2021 that both Pioneer Valley and Santa Maria have been out of the running for the post-season since the football teams began their annual rivalry, deemed the Main Street Classic for the past several years, in 2005.

Nonetheless, the teams have a lot to play for - bragging rights for starters, Santa Maria senior fullback Bryan Carrillo and wide receiver-linebacker Alex Angeles said.

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