Football Preview: Holy Family Tigers vs. Mead Mavericks
The Holy Family Tigers will face off against the Mead Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Mead is facing Holy Family at the wrong time: Holy Family suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They lost 63-42 to the Eagles.
Holy Family might have lost, but man, Monte Samaras was a machine: he rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 115 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Mead put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Lewis-Palmer at home to the tune of 31-0. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Mavericks just coasted through the last quarter.
Christian Hiner looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 117 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Mead wouldn't let Lewis-Palmer keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Dresden Spendlove, Brycen Gissel, and Austin Ott picked up one apiece. Spendlove also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Holy Family's defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Mead, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Holy Family has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 233 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Mead struggles in that department as they've been averaging 227.8. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Holy Family couldn't quite finish off Mead in their previous meeting back in October of 2021 and fell 35-32. Thankfully for Holy Family, Evan Morris (who rushed for 172 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 37 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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