Football Preview: IC Catholic Prep Knights vs. St. Francis Spartans
The IC Catholic Prep Knights will face off against the St. Francis Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. IC Catholic Prep is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
St. Francis is facing IC Catholic Prep at the wrong time: IC Catholic Prep suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell 34-26 to the RedHawks. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the RedHawks are ranked 18th).
Loss or not, IC Catholic Prep got some senior leadership from Will Bryk and Nate Brown. Bryk threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, while Brown picked up 108 receiving yards and two touchdowns. What's more, Bryk also racked up 43 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in August of 2023. A healthy portion of that aerial production (95 yards to be exact) also went to Jaden Penna.
Meanwhile, St. Francis didn't have quite enough to beat Providence Catholic on Friday and fell 27-25. The Spartans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
IC Catholic Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for St. Francis, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
IC Catholic Prep and St. Francis were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but IC Catholic Prep came up empty-handed after a 35-34 defeat. Thankfully for IC Catholic Prep, Alessio Milivojevic (who threw for 289 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 35 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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