Football Preview: St. Joseph Fighting Irish vs. St. Joseph Catholic Bruins
The St. Joseph Fighting Irish are taking a road trip to face off against the St. Joseph Catholic Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Joseph's defense has only allowed 18 points per game this season, so St. Joseph Catholic's offense will have their work cut out for them.
St. Joseph is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Greenville Christian just ended the team's seven-game winning streak dating back to last season on Friday. They were beaten by the Saints 58-28. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Fighting Irish, who until this match were averaging 18 points allowed.
St. Joseph's defeat came about despite a quality game from Victor Baker, who threw for 72 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score. Jaleel Moore got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
St. Joseph wouldn't let Greenville Christian keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. St. Joseph can thank Jayden Moore and Jaleel for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph Catholic took a blow against Madison-Ridgeland Academy last Friday, falling 55-13. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 167th, while the Patriots are ranked 11th).
Despite the loss, St. Joseph Catholic got top-tier performance from Eli Dampier, who rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Dampier a new career-high in rushing yards.
Having lost for the first time this season, St. Joseph fell to 3-1. As for St. Joseph Catholic, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
St. Joseph might still be hurting after the 35-12 defeat they got from St. Joseph Catholic in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Joseph was down 35-0.
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