Football Preview: St. Mary's Prep Eaglets vs. Fitzgerald Spartans
The St. Mary's Prep Eaglets will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Fitzgerald Spartans at 7:00 p.m. St. Mary's Prep is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 39.4 points per game this season.
St. Mary's Prep will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Brother Rice on Friday. St. Mary's Prep simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Brother Rice 51-10 on the road. Considering the Eaglets have won five matchups by more than 30 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
St. Mary's Prep didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Darrin Jones Jr. and Kareem Pruitt. Pruitt is also on a roll when it comes to defended passes, as he's now defended at least one in the last six games he's played.
Meanwhile, Fitzgerald and L'Anse Creuse met for a duel on Friday where Fitzgerald couldn't get it done. Fitzgerald took a 35-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of L'Anse Creuse. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Lancers are ranked 137th).
St. Mary's Prep has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Fitzgerald, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
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