Calvert Hall and McDonogh are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2015, but not for long. The Calvert Hall Cardinals will head out to take on the McDonogh Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Calvert Hall comes in on three and McDonogh on six.
Last Friday, Calvert Hall was able to grind out a solid victory over Concordia Prep, taking the game 21-9.
The critical scores for Calvert Hall came from Max Garland, Cole Ferrara, and Oliver Noll.
Meanwhile, McDonogh faced Gilman in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. McDonogh strolled past Gilman with points to spare, taking the game 21-3.
One reason for the win was McDonogh's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Jameson Exinor was especially locked on to Gilman's QB and sacked him twice. McDonogh got some further help from Nick Abrams Ii: he picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles.
Calvert Hall is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.4 points per game. As for McDonogh, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Calvert Hall suffered a grim 37-17 defeat to McDonogh when the teams last played back in October. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McDonogh's Mason Graham, who rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Calvert Hall knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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