The Kellenberg Memorial Firebirds will take on the Cardinal Hayes Cardinals at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Kellenberg Memorial is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down St. Francis Prep 35-21 last Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Jack Durso had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Kellenberg Memorial's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. Pat Darcy was especially locked on to St. Francis Prep's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Hayes faced St. Anthony's in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Cardinal Hayes took a 42-34 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Anthony's.
The win snapped Kellenberg Memorial's losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 3-7 record. As for Cardinal Hayes, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Kellenberg Memorial suffered a grim 27-7 defeat to Cardinal Hayes when the teams last played back in October. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cardinal Hayes' Rich Belin, who threw for 217 yards and four touchdowns. Now that Kellenberg Memorial knows 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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