The Friendship Collegiate Academy Knights will take on the St. John's Cadets at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Friendship Collegiate Academy will be coming into the matchup with an undefeated record on the line.
Friendship Collegiate Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Dunbar, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Friendship Collegiate Academy was ranked third). Friendship Collegiate Academy managed a 20-14 win over Dunbar on Friday. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Knights were the (much) better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for St. John's two weeks ago. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Archbishop Carroll out of the water with a 52-7 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Cadets had established a 42 point advantage.
St. John's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dajon Talley Rhodes led the charge by rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Kaai Connelley was in the mix too, providing St. John's with a touchdown.
St. John's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Tariq Hayer, Jimmy Egan, and Egan picked up one apiece.
Friendship Collegiate Academy's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for St. John's, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-1.
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