Football Recap: St. Joseph Catholic Eagles vs. Faith Academy Knights
If St. Joseph Catholic was feeling good fresh off their 61-12 takedown of Second Baptist University-Model two weeks ago, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The St. Joseph Catholic Eagles fell 93-82 to the Faith Academy Knights on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (61), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
St. Joseph Catholic's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Peter Najvar, who rushed for 227 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 117 yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Najvar a new career-high in rushing yards. Another pass catcher making a difference was Colt Bundick, who picked up 176 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.
Even though they lost, St. Joseph Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 258 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
St. Joseph Catholic's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Faith Academy, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles takes on Founders Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Joseph Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.1 points per game this season. As for Faith Academy, they will challenge Second Baptist University-Model at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Faith Academy is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
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