The St. Pius X Panthers will face off against the St. Michael's Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Pius X is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
St. Pius X is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Concordia Lutheran on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. St. Pius X was outmatched by Concordia Lutheran on the road and fell 49-8. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 775th, while the Crusaders are ranked 316th).
Despite the loss, St. Pius X saw an underclassman step up: Andrew Kirklin rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave Kirklin a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Michael's). They breezed by TMI-Episcopal at home to the tune of 49-8 on Friday. With that win, the Warriors brought their scoring average up to 30.2 points per game.
St. Michael's found their leader in underclassman Nico Anderson, who threw for 162 yards and a touchdown while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score.
St. Michael's wouldn't let TMI-Episcopal keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. St. Michael's can thank Carson Sommers and Ben Brophy for forcing both of them.
St. Pius X's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for St. Michael's, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
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