The Our Lady of Good Counsel Falcons will venture away from home to challenge the DeMatha Stags at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Our Lady of Good Counsel sitting on three straight victories and DeMatha on five.
Our Lady of Good Counsel is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: St. John's, who was ranked second at the time (Our Lady of Good Counsel was ranked seventh). Our Lady of Good Counsel took down St. John's 28-13 on Friday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Our Lady of Good Counsel to victory, but perhaps none more so than Damarion Fowlkes, who picked up 161 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Fowlkes torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 85 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Joseph Williams, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, DeMatha didn't have too much trouble with Gonzaga on the road on Saturday as they won 28-14. The Stags pushed the score to 21-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.
Our Lady of Good Counsel now has a winning record of 4-3. As for DeMatha, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Our Lady of Good Counsel was able to grind out a solid victory over DeMatha when the teams last played back in November of 2023, winning 7-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Our Lady of Good Counsel since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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