The St. Michael Catholic Cardinals will challenge the Jackson Aggies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
St. Michael Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Escambia County at home to the tune of 49-12 last Friday. The Cardinals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
Noah Moss went supernova for St. Michael Catholic, rushing for 168 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. With that strong performance, Moss is now averaging an impressive 120 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Gunner Rivers, who threw for 239 yards and four touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Jackson was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past LeFlore 55-20 on the road. The result was nothing new for the Aggies, who have now won four games by 22 points or more so far this season.
Jackson's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ezavier Crowell, who rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Crowell got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 70 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Duckworth, who threw for 136 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 passes.
St. Michael Catholic's win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Jackson, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. St. Michael Catholic has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 278 passing yards per game. Jackson, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 185.2 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
St. Michael Catholic suffered a grim 42-21 defeat to Jackson when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Crowell, who rushed for 304 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. Now that St. Michael Catholic 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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