St. Joseph Catholic lost against Madison-Ridgeland Academy back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The St. Joseph Catholic Bruins were dealt a 55-13 defeat at the hands of the Madison-Ridgeland Academy Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Bruins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi football rankings (they are ranked 168th, while the Patriots are ranked 19th).
Despite the loss, St. Joseph Catholic still got an impressive performance from Eli Dampier, who rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown. Dampier really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run.
Samuel Stockett continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Madison-Ridgeland Academy, throwing for 282 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Michael Mccrory helped Stockett out on the ground, rushing for ten yards and a touchdown, while also catching a touchdown.
St. Joseph Catholic now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Madison-Ridgeland Academy, their victory was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Joseph Catholic will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on St. Joseph at 7:00 p.m. on September 27th. As for Madison-Ridgeland Academy, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Oak Grove at 7:00 p.m. Madison-Ridgeland Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 point or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Oak Grove likes a good challenge.
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