The St. Paul Swordsmen's road trip will continue as they head out to face the St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Paul will be strutting in after a victory while St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
St. Paul is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 27-17 win over St. Francis on Friday. Given the Swordsmen's advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Golden Knights are ranked 252nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Paul can attribute much of their success to Marley Luatua, who rushed for 102 yards and three touchdowns, and Gabriel Castaneda, who rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown. St. Paul is 2-1 when Luatua posts 80 or more rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise. Aden Taufa was another key player, gaining 94 total yards.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. They fell just short of Paraclete by a score of 30-28.
The victory got St. Paul back to even at 3-3. As for St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
St. Paul was dealt a bruising 42-13 loss at the hands of St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Thankfully for St. Paul, Dieter Barr (who threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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