The Benedictine Cadets will face off against the Woodberry Forest Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Benedictine sitting on 11 straight wins dating back to last season and Woodberry Forest on four.
Benedictine is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Virginia's top teams: North Cross, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Benedictine was ranked second). The Cadets narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Raiders 14-12. Those 14 points were actually the fewest the Cadets have put up all season, but given the result they're probably not too concerned.
Meanwhile, Woodberry Forest didn't have too much breathing room in their game against St. Michael the Archangel on Saturday, but they still walked away with a 18-13 win.
Woodberry Forest's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Benedictine, their win bumped their record up to 8-0.
Benedictine ended up a good deal behind Woodberry Forest in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, losing 31-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Tigers' Keondre 'Kdre' Hudgens, who rushed for 180 yards and three scores while picking up 8.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 53 receiving yards. Now that the Cadets know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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