Football Preview: Foster Falcons vs. Strake Jesuit Fighting Crusaders
The Foster Falcons will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Strake Jesuit Fighting Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Foster beats Strake Jesuit with 21 points on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Foster enjoyed a cozy 21-6 victory over Alief Hastings two weeks ago. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
Meanwhile, Strake Jesuit was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Alief Hastings 46-7. The Fighting Crusaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 25 points or more this season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in John Hebert and Sincere Nealy. Hebert had a great game and rushed for 322 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Nealy was balling out in the loss, rushing for 132 yards and a touchdown.
Strake Jesuit was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 418 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 244 rushing yards in nine consecutive matchups.
Strake Jesuit didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Henry Omanga and Otto Leone. Strake Jesuit is 5-1 when Leone posts one or more interceptions, but 1-2 otherwise.
Strake Jesuit is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.2 points per game. As for Foster, their record is now 4-5.
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