Football Preview: Xavier Knights vs. St. Anthony's Friars
The Xavier Knights will head out to square off against the St. Anthony's Friars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Xavier will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Xavier is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Holy Trinity 42-7 at home on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won three matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, St. Anthony's faced Iona Prep in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. St. Anthony's took a 48-40 hit to the loss column at the hands of Iona Prep. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (35), the Friars still had to take the loss.
St. Anthony's might have lost, but man, Gary Merrill was a machine: he rushed for 205 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry, and also threw for 246 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards Merrill has posted since back in September of 2023. Will Hart also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Xavier pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for St. Anthony's, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
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