Football Recap: St. Thomas Catholic Eagles vs. St. Pius X Panthers
While St. Thomas Catholic put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for St. Pius X. The St. Thomas Catholic Eagles blew past the St. Pius X Panthers 48-0 on the road. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 330th, while the Panthers are ranked 758th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Roy Thomas Jenkins went supernova for St. Thomas Catholic, throwing for 237 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 30 yards. Javaughn Waldron also helped with two touchdowns in total.
When it comes to explaining why St. Pius X lost, don't look at Cooper Brown. Despite the final result, he rushed for 83 yards on only seven carries.
The win snapped St. Thomas Catholic's losing streak at four games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-3 record. As for St. Pius X, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-3.
St. Thomas Catholic will welcome Central Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central Catholic's defense has only allowed 13.5 points per game this season, so St. Thomas Catholic's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for St. Pius X, they will head out to face off against Concordia Lutheran at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Pius X is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
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