After three games on the road, St. Michael is heading back home. They will welcome the Hope Christian Huskies at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Michael's knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully Hope Christian likes a good challenge.
If St. Michael's beats Hope Christian with 40 points on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. St. Michael's simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Raton 40-7 on the road. Fans of the Horsemen have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Meanwhile, Hope Christian humbled Santa Fe Indian with a 48-8 victory. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Huskies.
Roman Montoya was his usual excellent self, throwing for 171 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes, while also rushing for 39 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Krew Ward, who gained 104 total yards and a touchdown.
St. Michael's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for Hope Christian, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
St. Michael's took a serious blow against Hope Christian in their previous matchup back in October of 2015, falling 47-20. Thankfully for St. Michael's, Caleb Meyer-Hagen (who threw for 241 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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