Football Recap: St. John Paul II Panthers vs. Maclay Marauders
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact St. John Paul II can now relate to. They were just a hair shy of victory on Saturday and fell 21-20 to the Maclay Marauders. The Panthers were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Marauders apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October.
Maclay's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was George Grant, who threw for 280 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also caught a touchdown. Henry Richardson did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 109 receiving yards.
St. John Paul II now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Maclay, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-3.
St. John Paul II does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Maclay, they are on the road again on Friday to play Trinity Christian Academy at 7:00 p.m. Maclay is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.2 points per game this season.
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