Football Preview: St. Mary's Prep Eaglets vs. Central Catholic Fighting Irish
The St. Mary's Prep Eaglets will venture away from home to square off against the Central Catholic Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. Mary's Prep is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Detroit Country Day: they outscored them in every quarter. St. Mary's Prep's defense stepped up to hand Detroit Country Day a 48-0 shutout on Friday. The Eaglets pushed the score to 34-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Yellowjackets had no chance of recovering from.
Darrin Jones Jr. continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 115 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Jabin Gonzales was another key player, rushing for 39 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: St. Mary's Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Central Catholic came tearing into Friday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Titans, posting a 56-21 win at home. The Fighting Irish's offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
The victory made it two in a row for St. Mary's Prep and bumps their season record up to 4-2. As for Central Catholic, their record now sits at 6-1.
St. Mary's Prep was taken down by Central Catholic 42-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can St. Mary's Prep avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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