Football Preview: Hill Country Christian Rams vs. St. Joseph Catholic Eagles
The Hill Country Christian Rams will take on the St. Joseph Catholic Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Hill Country Christian will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Our Lady of the Hills on Friday. Hill Country Christian never let Our Lady of the Hills onto the board and left with a 46-0 win. The game marked the Rams' most dominant victory of the season.
Jonas West continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, while also throwing for 50 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September. Josh Frazier was in the mix too, providing Hill Country Christian with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for St. Joseph Catholic, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They claimed a resounding 53-8 win over Founders Christian. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Falcons are ranked 214th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Joseph Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.3 points per game. As for Hill Country Christian, their victory bumped their record up to 4-5.
Hill Country Christian was dealt a bruising 46-0 loss at the hands of St. Joseph Catholic in their previous meeting back in November of 2021. Can Hill Country Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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