Football Preview: St. Rita Mustangs vs. IC Catholic Prep Knights
The St. Rita Mustangs will face off against the IC Catholic Prep Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. Rita is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by St. Patrick at home to the tune of 48-7 on Friday. Considering the Mustangs have won three contests by more than 40 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, IC Catholic Prep made easy work of Saint Viator on Friday and carried off a 48-28 win. With that victory, the Knights brought their scoring average up to 28.7 points per game.
IC Catholic Prep's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Foley Calcagno, who rushed for 75 yards and three touchdowns, and Will Bryk, who rushed for 75 yards on only five carries. Those 75 rushing yards gave Bryk a new career-high.
IC Catholic Prep didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Tamarion Garner, Will Schmidt, John Goggin, and Chance Williams picked up one apiece. Goggin also made four total tackles, which is notable because IC Catholic Prep is 2-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-3 otherwise.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, IC Catholic Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 405 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
St. Rita has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for IC Catholic Prep, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-4.
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