Football Preview: Catholic Memorial Knights vs. St. Francis Red Raiders
The Catholic Memorial Knights are headed away from home for the first time to face off against the St. Francis Red Raiders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Catholic Memorial is leaving town to face St. Francis after disappointing their home crowd in their season opener. Catholic Memorial took a 36-29 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cardinal Hayes last Saturday.
Meanwhile, St. Francis is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Ironton. St. Francis took a blow against Ironton, falling 56-19. The Red Raiders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 49-0.
Despite the loss, St. Francis got top-tier performance from Damone Allen, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown. Allen got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 80 yards.
St. Francis wouldn't let Ironton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. St. Francis can thank William Hanson and Maxwell Haggerty for forcing all of them.
Catholic Memorial strolled past St. Francis when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 50-36. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was St. Francis' Terrence Pendergrass, who rushed for 82 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 35 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be easier for Catholic Memorial to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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