Football Game Preview: St. John's Cadets vs. Friendship Collegiate Academy Knights

By Team Reports Sep 27, 2024, 10:29am

Football Preview: St. John's Cadets vs. Friendship Collegiate Academy Knights

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The St. John's Cadets will stay at home for another week and welcome the Friendship Collegiate Academy Knights at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

St. John's is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Archbishop Carroll: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that St. John's blew Archbishop Carroll out of the water with a 52-7 final score. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 35-7.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. John's to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dajon Talley Rhodes, who rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Nyeem Woods was another key passer, throwing for 161 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes.

Meanwhile, Friendship Collegiate Academy put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They snuck past Dunbar with a 20-14 win. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Knights were the (much) better team in the second half.

St. John's now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Friendship Collegiate Academy, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.

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