Football Preview: Silver Fighting Colts vs. St. Pius X Sartans
The Silver Fighting Colts's road trip will continue as they head out to face the St. Pius X Sartans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Silver's defense has only allowed 15.4 points per game this season, so St. Pius X's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Silver is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 54 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Valencia on Friday. They fell 17-6 to the Jaguars.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 49-16, which was the final score in St. Pius X's tilt against Organ Mountain last Saturday. The Sartans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-7.
Isaiah Carpenter put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 41 yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (114 yards to be exact) went to Hershul Olloway Jr, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Silver now has a losing record at 2-3. As for St. Pius X, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Silver against St. Pius X in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as the team secured a 46-0 win. Does Silver have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Pius X turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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