The St. Mary's Ryken Knights will square off against the Paul VI Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with St. Mary's Ryken sitting on six straight victories and Paul VI on five.
St. Mary's Ryken is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Bishop O'Connell: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that St. Mary's Ryken blew Bishop O'Connell out of the water with a 48-0 final score. Given St. Mary's Ryken's advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 12th in Maryland, while Bishop O'Connell is ranked 112th in Virginia), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Paul VI duked it out withArchbishop Carroll on Friday. Paul VI put the hurt on Archbishop Carroll with a sharp 38-14 win. 38 seems to be a good number for the Panthers as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Paul VI was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 290 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
St. Mary's Ryken pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 7.6 points per game. As for Paul VI, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
St. Mary's Ryken came out on top in a nail-biter against Paul VI in their previous matchup back in October, sneaking past 14-12. Does St. Mary's Ryken have another victory up their sleeve, or will Paul VI turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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