If Cathedral was feeling good fresh off their 36-14 takedown of Loyola last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Phantoms lost 52-31 to the Beaumont Cougars on Thursday. The Phantoms were down 45-24 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Several Phantoms players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jaden Jefferson, who threw for 315 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 51 yards. Another big playmaker for Cathedral was Glenn Carrera III, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Special teams also played a big role in the game for Cathedral, adding 13 points to the final score. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Carrera III, who ran a punt back for a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Cathedral's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. George Novoa refused to say out of the backfield, picking up a sack all by himself. Cathedral got some further help from Isaiah Greer: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Beaumont was led to victory by Jeremiah Duhu and Travante James-Reek. Duhu rushed for 167 yards while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, while James-Reek rushed for 152 yards and a pair of scores while picking up 9.5 yards per carry. Those 167 rushing yards gave Duhu a new career-high.
Cathedral's defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Beaumont, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Coming up, Cathedral will challenge John Curtis Christian at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Beaumont, they will face off against Summit at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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