Football Game Preview: Savio Eagles vs. St. Thomas Catholic Eagles

Savio will head out on the road to challenge St. Thomas Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Savio is looking for their season's first victory.

On Friday, Savio had to suffer through a 47-7 loss at the hands of Antonian Prep. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 1085th, while the Apaches are ranked 366th).

Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led St. Thomas Catholic over Central Catholic in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Eagles blew the Buttons out of the water with a 45-3 final score. The game marked the Eagles' most dominant win of the season so far.

Savio better focus on containing Pierce Jacobson and Javaughn Waldron as the pair were huge in St. Thomas Catholic's win. Jacobson rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries, while Waldron rushed for 80 yards and three TDs on only eight carries. Those 128 rushing yards gave Jacobson a new career-high.

St. Thomas Catholic's run defense was locked in: Central Catholic could only muster 2.4 yards per carry. The team can thank Vontrell Benton for the heroic effort on defense: he. St. Thomas Catholic didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 7.3.

The victory made it two in a row for St. Thomas Catholic and bumps their season record up to 4-1. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing 6.7 yards per carry in those games compared to only 2.47 in the others. As for Savio, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.

Savio was dealt a bruising 55-0 loss at the hands of St. Thomas Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jacobson, who threw for 311 yards and four TDs on only 14 passes. Now that Savio knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.