The Kennedy Catholic Gaels will take on the St. Francis Prep Terriers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Kennedy Catholic has been dominant on offense recently, having racked up an incredible 105 points over their last three matchups.
Kennedy Catholic easily dispatched Nazareth back in September, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Gaels fell just short of Christ the King by a score of 40-37 last Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in September (34), the Gaels still had to take the loss.
KJ Dillon
| 10/03/25 vs Christ the King | 5 |
| 09/19/25 @ St. Dominic | 4 |
| 09/27/25 @ Nazareth | 3 |
| 09/06/25 vs Peru | 1 |
| 08/29/25 vs Mt. St. Michael Academy | 1 |
Defeat or not, Kennedy Catholic got some senior leadership from Aidan Kinsley and KJ Dillon. Kinsley picked up 93 receiving yards and a pair of TDs, while Dillon threw for 235 yards and five touchdowns. Dillon is becoming a predictor of the Gaels' success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 0-3 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, St. Francis Prep lost to St. Joseph-by-the-Sea on the road by a 21-7 margin on Friday. The game marked the Terriers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Kennedy Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for St. Francis Prep, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 3-3.
Kennedy Catholic took a serious blow against St. Francis Prep in their previous matchup back in September of 2015, falling 39-6. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Gaels were down 32-6.
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