Football Preview: Groves Falcons vs. St. Mary's Prep Eaglets
Groves has won ten straight games at home (dating back to last season), while St. Mary's Prep has won ten straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Groves Falcons will host the St. Mary's Prep Eaglets at 1:00 p.m. Both have allowed few points on average, (Groves: 8.7, St. Mary's Prep: 10.3) so any points scored will be well earned.
Groves is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They skirted past De La Salle Collegiate 21-19. The 21-point effort marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for St. Mary's Prep on Friday. Everything went their way against Carlson as St. Mary's Prep made off with a 27-3 win. Considering the Eaglets have won nine games by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Darrin Jones Jr. was his usual excellent self, rushing for 122 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Jabin Gonzales, who rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown.
St. Mary's Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 186 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
St. Mary's Prep has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 43.6 points. As for Groves, their victory bumped their record up to 12-0.
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