The Cardinal Newman Crusaders will head out to face off against the Carrollwood Day Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Carrollwood Day took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Cardinal Newman, who comes in off a win.
While Crusaders fans will have to keep waiting for their team to come home, they shouldn't be too worried about the road trip considering the result of Friday's season opener. They breezed by Monsignor Pace on the road to the tune of 46-7 on Friday. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Spartans are ranked 95th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jyron Hughley and Jaylin ?Jbo? Brown were among the main playmakers for Cardinal Newman as the former rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries and the latter rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
Hughley wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Cardinal Newman was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Carrollwood Day couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They took a 28-14 bruising from Plant on Friday.
Even if they lost, Carrollwood Day's defense still kept up the pressure with 3.5 sacks. Zach Johnson was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. Kaden Paghense was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making six total tackles (2.0 for loss).
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