Notre Dame vs. Canyon football

It's game night, folks.

Talk about an intriguing matchup. Notre Dame is one of the perenial powers in the region, bringing a 35-1 record over it's last 36 games into tonight's season opener. Over that span, he Knights have won three Southern Section Division III championships.

But they come into this game trying to avoid a two-game losing streak, having lost its last game last year. The Knights have had a whole offseason to try to forget last year's 41-14 upset loss to Dominuez in the Southern Section Division III championship game. And an entire offseason to prepare for this year's season opener.

You'd think that would be bad news for the Knights first opponent, right?

Not so fast my friend.

Canyon is coming off a dramatic victory over Hart to win the Division II title. Not to mention the Cowboys already have one game _ and one victory _ under their belts. They opened their season with a win over Moorepark, which reached the Division IV title game a year ago.

This is a quality team with plenty of big-game experience.

So if Notre Dame is looking for an intimidation factor they won't find it tonight.

It's 40 minutes until kick off, but there isn't an open seat in the house. This is a hot ticket in the Santa Clarita Valley.