Football Preview: Kellenberg Memorial Firebirds vs. St. Anthony's Friars
Kellenberg Memorial has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will challenge the St. Anthony's Friars at 7:00 p.m.
Kellenberg Memorial is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Iona Prep on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Kellenberg Memorial took a blow against Iona Prep, falling 42-7. The Firebirds haven't had much luck with the Gaels recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, everything went St. Anthony's way against St. John the Baptist on Friday as St. Anthony's made off with a 34-13 victory. The result was nothing new for the Friars, who have now won three matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Gary Merrill and Maxwell Bowers. Merrill had a great game and rushed for 197 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Meanwhile, Bowers did his best for the losing side, rushing for 95 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 112 yards on nine of 21 attempts.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Anthony's was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Anthony's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Daniel (Dj) Garcia.
Kellenberg Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for St. Anthony's, they pushed their record up to 5-3 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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