Football Preview: Aquinas Institute Little Irish vs. McQuaid Jesuit Knights
Aquinas Institute is 1-9 against McQuaid Jesuit since November of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Aquinas Institute Little Irish will head out to square off against the McQuaid Jesuit Knights at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Aquinas Institute's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Penfield to the tune of 35-0. Given the Little Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Patriots are ranked 152nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, McQuaid Jesuit humbled Pittsford with a 35-7 victory. That looming 35-7 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Knights yet this season.
The win (which was Aquinas Institute's fourth in a row) raised their record to 7-2. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.3 points per game. As for McQuaid Jesuit, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-3.
Aquinas Institute lost to McQuaid Jesuit on the road by a decisive 23-9 margin when the teams last played back in October. Can Aquinas Institute avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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