Football Preview: Chaminade Flyers vs. Archbishop Stepinac Crusaders
Chaminade hasn't had much luck against Archbishop Stepinac recently, but that could start to change on Sunday. The Chaminade Flyers will look to defend their home field against the Archbishop Stepinac Crusaders at 1:30 p.m. Chaminade's defense has only allowed ten points per game this season, so Archbishop Stepinac's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Chaminade is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Holy Trinity at home to the tune of 45-0 on Saturday. Given the Flyers' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Titans are ranked 198th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chaminade had a senior duo take command as Peter Gerbasi rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries and Tim Murphy rushed for 57 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Murphy has posted since back in October of 2023. Another player making a difference was Peter Cwietniewicz, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Stepinac was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against St. Anthony's, falling 35-6.
Archbishop Stepinac wouldn't let St. Anthony's keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Archbishop Stepinac can thank Troy Baker Jr. and Elias Murray for forcing both of them.
Chaminade's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-1. As for Archbishop Stepinac, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Chaminade was taken down by Archbishop Stepinac 48-3 in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Chaminade, Will Currid (who threw for 311 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes) 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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