Football Preview: St. Mary's Pirates vs. Clear Creek Golddiggers
St. Mary has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Clear Creek Golddiggers at 7:00 p.m. Clear Creek took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Mary's, who comes in off a win.
St. Mary's will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points on September 7th, then bounced right back against Justice on Saturday. St. Mary's really took it to Justice for the full four quarters, racking up a 61-16 victory on the road. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-0.
Michael Trechter went supernova for St. Mary's, rushing for 128 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also throwing for 141 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Trechter also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making five total tackles. Konner Paulini was another key player, rushing for 44 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: St. Mary's was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
St. Mary's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Lance Mathews.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 48-18, which was the final score in Clear Creek's tilt against Byers two weeks ago. The loss was the Golddiggers' first of the season.
St. Mary's win ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-1. As for Clear Creek, their defeat was their first of the season and also makes their record 2-1.
St. Mary's was able to grind out a solid victory over Clear Creek in their previous meeting back in April of 2021, winning 22-13. Will St. Mary's repeat their success, or does Clear Creek have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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