The Archbishop Mitty Monarchs will challenge the Menlo-Atherton Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, everything went Archbishop Mitty's way against Aptos as Archbishop Mitty made off with a 41-19 win. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-6.
Archbishop Mitty's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Lazaro Faraj-Washington, who rushed for 169 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry, and Jonah Kroenung, who threw for 194 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes. With that strong performance, Faraj-Washington is now averaging an impressive 113 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Alec Grimaldo, who picked up 95 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Archbishop Mitty was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 308 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
One reason for the win was Archbishop Mitty's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Kai Sniffen was the leader with 2.5. He didn't just play on offense: he also picked up 2.5 sacks and made seven total tackles.
Meanwhile, Menlo-Atherton got the win against Monterey on Friday by a conclusive 28-7. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bears.
Teddy Dacey and Evaimalo Ama were among the main playmakers for Menlo-Atherton as the former threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns while completing 88.2% of his passes and the latter gained 146 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Archbishop Mitty's victory ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0. As for Menlo-Atherton, their win bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
Archbishop Mitty came up short against Menlo-Atherton in their previous meeting back in August of 2018, falling 28-21. Can Archbishop Mitty avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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