Holy Name and Padua Franciscan are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Holy Name Green Wave will take on the Padua Franciscan Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Holy Name is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Thursday, Holy Name ended up a good deal behind Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin and lost 45-27. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 347th, while the Lions are ranked 150th).
Meanwhile, a win for Padua Franciscan just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Lake Catholic, falling 46-17. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Bruins have suffered against the Cougars since October 23, 2015.
Although Padua Franciscan took the loss, they still got scores from Justyn Gillispie and Roderick Love.
Holy Name's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Padua Franciscan, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.
Holy Name came up short against Padua Franciscan in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 21-9. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Love, who rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Now that Holy Name 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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