Football Preview: St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats vs. Cathedral Catholic Dons
The St. Ignatius College Preparatory Wildcats will head out to challenge the Cathedral Catholic Dons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 35-6 win over Tamalpais. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Wildcats considering their ten-point performance the game before.
Jarious Hogan had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 156 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Dj Bloch and Charlie Ball. With that strong performance, Ball is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Ignatius College Preparatory was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Cathedral Catholic put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took down Mountain Pointe 27-13. The Dons pushed the score to 27-3 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pride cut but never quite recovered from.
The victory got St. Ignatius College Preparatory back to even at 1-1. As for Cathedral Catholic, their record now sits at 3-0.
St. Ignatius College Preparatory was able to grind out a solid win over Cathedral Catholic in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 35-28. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Ignatius College Preparatory since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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