Football Preview: Bishop McDevitt Crusaders vs. Roman Catholic Cahillite
Two dominant signal callers in Stone Saunders and Semaj Beals are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Bishop McDevitt Crusaders will challenge the Roman Catholic Cahillite at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bishop McDevitt is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Bishop McDevitt is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They strolled past Pine-Richland with points to spare, taking the game 28-14.
Bishop McDevitt got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Nazir Jones-Davis out in front who rushed for 221 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Jones-Davis showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 63 yards. Another passer making a difference was Saunders, who threw for 133 yards and three touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Bishop McDevitt's defense and their five sacks. Lucas Lawler was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up 2.5 himself.
Bishop McDevitt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 260 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 190 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Roman Catholic faced Bayard Rustin in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Roman Catholic put the hurt on Bayard Rustin with a sharp 41-17 win. The Cahillite might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by 24 points or more this season.
Bishop McDevitt pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.7 points per game. As for Roman Catholic, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
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