Football Game Preview: Strake Jesuit Fighting Crusaders vs. Alief Elsik Rams

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Previous Games

10/10/24 - Away	28-26 W
09/22/23 - Away	21-26 L
09/23/22 - Home	55-13 W
11/05/21 - Home	48-6 W
11/19/20 - Away	37-0 W
+ 2 more games

Strake Jesuit has gone 6-1 against Alief Elsik recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Fighting Crusaders will look to defend their home field against the Rams at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Strake Jesuit's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past George Ranch 42-0. That 42 point margin sets a new team best for the Fighting Crusaders this season.

The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in John Hebert and Hayden Drinkard. Hebert had a great game and rushed for 376 yards and four TDs while picking up 13.4 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Drinkard did his best for the losing side, rushing for 162 yards.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alief Elsik). They walked away with a 50-42 victory over Foster on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rams.

Strake Jesuit now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Alief Elsik, their win bumped their record up to 2-4.

Strake Jesuit skirted past Alief Elsik 28-26 in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Rams' Kaden Mendenhall, who threw for 388 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 37 yards and one score. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Fighting Crusaders still be able to contain Mendenhall? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.