Football Preview: Holy Cross Lancers vs. Gloucester Catholic Rams
The Holy Cross Lancers will face off against the Gloucester Catholic Rams at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Holy Cross focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Thursday.
Holy Cross is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 45 points back in October, they were much more limited against Bordentown on Thursday. They lost 27-7 to the Scotties. The Lancers' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Holy Cross wouldn't let Bordentown keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Joey Carcasio, Anthony Dambrosio, and Cornelius Pearce Jr. picked up one apiece. Dambrosio also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 115.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gloucester Catholic). They enjoyed a cozy 28-14 win over Mastery back in October. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Rams as it put an end to their four-game losing streak.
Gloucester Catholic's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-5. As for Holy Cross, their loss dropped their record down to 8-2.
Holy Cross didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Gloucester Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 32-27 victory. Will Holy Cross repeat their success, or does Gloucester Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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