There's no place like home for St. Thomas Academy, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. Everything went their way against the Apple Valley Eagles on Friday as the St. Thomas Academy Cadets made off with a 46-21 win. The victory almost wasn't to be: the Cadets were down 14-0 in the fourth quarter.
It was another big night for Dominic Baez, who rushed for 135 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Ari Tobias was another key back, rushing for 84 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Thomas Academy's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Todd Rogalski. He also made four total tackles, which is notable because St. Thomas Academy is undefeated when he posts at least three total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
St. Thomas Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Apple Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-5.
St. Thomas Academy will head out to challenge Hastings at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Apple Valley, they will host Jefferson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Apple Valley is facing Jefferson at the right time seeing as Jefferson is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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