The Iona Prep Gaels will challenge the St. John the Baptist Cougars at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. St. John the Baptist took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Iona Prep, who comes in off a win.
Iona Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New York's top teams: Archbishop Stepinac, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Iona Prep was ranked first). Iona Prep blew past Archbishop Stepinac, posting a 43-13 victory on the road. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Gaels considering their ten-point performance the match before.
Julian Guzman continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 243 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 78-yard run. Crew Davis was another key player, gaining 109 total yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Iona Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, St. John the Baptist came up short against Chaminade on Saturday and fell 24-14.
Although St. John the Baptist took the loss, they still got scores from Maxwell Bowers and Luka Skoda.
The win got Iona Prep back to even at 2-2. As for St. John the Baptist, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything went Iona Prep's way against St. John the Baptist in their previous matchup back in September of 2016, as Iona Prep made off with a 31-10 victory. Will Iona Prep repeat their success, or does St. John the Baptist have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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