Football Preview: Menlo School Knights vs. Christopher Cougars
Two dominant signal callers in Jack Freehill and Jaxen Robinson are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Menlo School Knights will face off against the Christopher Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Menlo School is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.9 points per game this season.
Menlo School will bounce into Friday's game after beating Sacred Heart Prep, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Menlo School sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 20-17 win over Sacred Heart Prep on Friday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Knights have posted since November 10, 2023.
Freehill was his usual excellent self, rushing for 83 yards and a touchdown. Those 83 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Christopher had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.4 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. Everything went their way against the Acorns as they made off with a 31-7 win. The result was nothing new for the Cougars, who have now won six matches by 23 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Robinson, who threw for 285 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Vernon, who picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Christopher didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Terrence Barnes, Vernon, and Matthew Boles picked up one apiece.
Christopher's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 37.0 points per game. As for Menlo School, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3.
Menlo School came up short against Christopher in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 21-17. Can Menlo School avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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