La Salle College is 2-8 against St. Joseph's Prep since November of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Explorers will head out to square off against the Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
La Salle College is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Roman Catholic, who was ranked fifth at the time (La Salle College was ranked fourth). The Explorers fell just short of the Cahillite by a score of 39-36 on Friday. The loss was the Explorers' first of the season.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph's Prep got themselves on the board against Father Judge on Friday, but Father Judge never followed suit. They took their matchup with ease, bagging a 58-0 victory over the Crusaders. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Hawks had established a 51-point advantage.
The win made it two in a row for St. Joseph's Prep and bumps their season record up to 2-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.0 points over those games. As for La Salle College, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
La Salle College came up short against St. Joseph's Prep in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, falling 21-14. Can the Explorers avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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