The St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders will head out on the road to square off against the Paynesville Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Paynesville took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Cloud Cathedral, who comes in off a win.
St. Cloud Cathedral will head into Friday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a 36-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Osakis last Friday. St. Cloud Cathedral came out on top in a nail-biter against Osakis , sneaking past 19-16.
Meanwhile, Paynesville took a blow against Eden Valley-Watkins last Friday, falling 46-16. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 151st, while the Eagles are ranked 15th).
The victory got St. Cloud Cathedral back to even at 2-2. As for Paynesville, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 2-2.
St. Cloud Cathedral strolled past Paynesville in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 14-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Cloud Cathedral since the squad 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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