Football Preview: Nolan Catholic Vikings vs. Prestonwood Christian Lions
Nolan Catholic hasn't had much luck against Prestonwood Christian recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Nolan Catholic Vikings will head out to challenge the Prestonwood Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Nolan Catholic came up short against Southwest Christian School and fell 28-21. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Nolan Catholic might have lost, but man, Carter Devero was a machine: he threw for 171 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 84 yards. The dominant performance gave Devero a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (84 yards to be exact) went to Aaron Morales, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Prestonwood Christian). They claimed a resounding 49-9 victory over Dallas Christian on the road. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Prestonwood Christian can attribute much of their success to Takashi Shaw, who gained 205 total yards and two touchdowns, and Lj Taylor, who rushed for 79 yards and four touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Prestonwood Christian was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 253 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Nolan Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Prestonwood Christian, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Nolan Catholic was dealt a bruising 70-12 loss at the hands of Prestonwood Christian in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Prestonwood Christian's Caiden Collins, who rushed for 282 yards and five touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also caught a touchdown. Now that Nolan Catholic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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