Football Preview: St. John's Prep Eagles vs. Catholic Memorial Knights
The St. John's Prep Eagles will head out to challenge the Catholic Memorial Knights at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with St. John's Prep sitting on six straight victories and Catholic Memorial on five.
St. John's Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Malden Catholic, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (St. John's Prep was ranked first). St. John's Prep took their game at home on Saturday with ease, bagging a 36-6 win over Malden Catholic. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 22-0.
Meanwhile, Catholic Memorial was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past St. John's 41-7 on the road. Considering the Knights have won three matches by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Ramar Thomas had an outrageously good game as he threw for 161 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes, and also rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Lasean Sharp was another key player, rushing for 90 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Catholic Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 248 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Catholic Memorial's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB five times. St. John's QB won't forget Mac Fitzgerald anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
St. John's Prep's victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Catholic Memorial, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
St. John's Prep beat Catholic Memorial 19-8 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. John's Prep since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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