Football Game Preview: Park Ridge Owls vs. St. Mary Gaels

Owls

Points

10/03/25 vs Wood-Ridge	19
09/25/25 @ Bogota	28
09/19/25 @ Wallington	40
09/12/25 vs Weehawken	49
09/05/25 vs Garfield	6

Park Ridge has gone 6-1 against St. Mary recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Owls will venture away from home to face off against the Gaels at 1:00 p.m. Park Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.4 points per game this season.

Park Ridge is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Wood-Ridge just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 25-19 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blue Devils.

Park Ridge might have lost, but man, Patrick Randolph was a machine: he rushed for 106 yards and a pair of TDs. Randolph's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 106 rushing yards.

Meanwhile, St. Mary had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 26.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They breezed past the Panthers to the tune of 49-21. The Gaels' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.

Park Ridge's defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 3-2. As for St. Mary, the win got them back to even at 3-3.

Park Ridge took a serious blow against St. Mary when the teams last played back in September of 2024, falling 35-0. Can the Owls avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.