Football Preview: St. Michael's Warriors vs. Antonian Prep Apaches
After each having a week off, the St. Michael's Warriors and the Antonian Prep Apaches will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Antonian Prep took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Michael's, who comes in off a win.
St. Michael's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They claimed a resounding 34-0 victory over St. Andrew's at home. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Warriors had established a 31 point advantage.
A big part of St. Michael's win came down to the chemistry between Nico Anderson and his top target Pierce Kovacs. Anderson threw for 102 yards and two touchdowns while Kovacs picked up 39 receiving yards and a touchdown. An impressive showing, but Kovacs really ramped things up playing D: he made three total tackles and defended two passes in addition to snagging two interceptions.
Meanwhile, Antonian Prep had to suffer through a 59-21 loss at the hands of Regents. While losing is never fun, the Apaches can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 495th, while the Knights are ranked 129th).
The victory (which was St. Michael's third in a row) raised their record to 3-0. As for Antonian Prep, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
St. Michael's strolled past Antonian Prep when the teams last played back in October of 2015 by a score of 21-3. Does St. Michael's have another victory up their sleeve, or will Antonian Prep turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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