Football Game Preview: St. Anne's-Belfield Saints vs. The Covenant School Eagles

By Team Reports Oct 14, 2025, 2:50am

Football Preview: St. Anne's-Belfield Saints vs. The Covenant School Eagles

St. Anne's-Belfield is 2-7 against The Covenant School since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Saints will host the Eagles at 6:00 p.m. St. Anne's-Belfield is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

St. Anne's-Belfield is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 60-19 win over Blue Ridge. The Saints might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 21 points or more this season.

Jonah Brent had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 146 yards and a pair of scores while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. He has been hot recently, having also posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played. Charlie Smith was in the mix too, providing St. Anne's-Belfield with two TDs.

Jack OMalley

Total Tackles

09/05/25 vs Saint John Paul the Great Catholic7
08/29/25 vs Fredericksburg Christian8
09/19/25 vs Virginia Episcopal School8
09/26/25 @ Roanoke Catholic8
09/12/25 @ Fork Union Military Academy9

St. Anne's-Belfield didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Ryan Steeper, Jack OMalley, and Cai Prinzbach picked up one apiece. OMalley also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with 12.

The Covenant School played against North Cross on Friday and lost via forfeit.

St. Anne's-Belfield's victory bumped their record up to 6-0. As for The Covenant School, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.

Things could have been worse for St. Anne's-Belfield, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 51-32 loss to The Covenant School in their previous meeting back in November of 2019. Can the Saints avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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