The Brother Martin Crusaders will square off against the Alexandria Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Brother Martin will be strutting in after a win while Alexandria will be coming in after a defeat.
Brother Martin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They pulled ahead with a 17-16 photo finish over Liberty Magnet. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana football rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Patriots are ranked 63rd) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Alexandria's good fortune finally ran out two weeks ago. The game between the Trojans and Neville didn't end well, with the Trojans falling 31-14. The matchup marked the Trojans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Brother Martin will have to keep a close watch on Alex Fontenot and Karsen Sellers, a pair of players who had a big impact on Alexandria's prior game. Fontenot picked up 184 receiving yards and two TDs, while Sellers threw for 233 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Don't try to pin the team's loss on the defense: they kept the trenches locked down and allowed a mere 3.4 yards per carry. The team can thank Kerrick Gaines for the heroic effort on defense: he. Sadly, that's becoming something of a trend for Alexandria; they were averaging 6.2yards per carry per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've fallen to only 4.4 per game.
Alexandria's defensive line didn't let Parker Robinson, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for 4.5 sacks. Neville's QB won't forget Xzavier White anytime soon given he sacked him twice. White is on a roll when it comes to sacks, as he's now posted at least one in each of the last three games he's played. Alexandria got some further help from Gaines: he made 14 total tackles (4.0 for loss) and defended one pass.
The victory was the third in a row for Brother Martin, bringing their record up to 8-4. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 28.3 points over those games. As for Alexandria, their loss dropped their record down to 8-2.
Brother Martin might still be hurting after the 23-0 defeat they got from Alexandria when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can the Crusaders avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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