Football Preview: St. Joseph Fighting Irish vs. St. Joseph Catholic Bruins
The St. Joseph Fighting Irish are taking a road trip to take on 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 contest 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 had to suffer through a 58-28 loss at the hands of the Saints. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Fighting Irish, who until this matchup were averaging 18 points allowed.
The losing side was boosted by Victor Baker, who threw for 72 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Jaleel Moore, who went all the way with a kickoff return 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, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-13, which was the final score in St. Joseph Catholic's tilt against Madison-Ridgeland Academy two weeks ago. 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).
St. Joseph Catholic might have lost, but man, Eli Dampier was a machine: he 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 loss they got from St. Joseph Catholic in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point St. Joseph was down 35-0.
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