Aquinas Institute is 8-0 against Rush-Henrietta since November of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Aquinas Institute Little Irish will square off against the Rush-Henrietta Royal Comets at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Aquinas Institute sitting on five straight victories and Rush-Henrietta on four.
Aquinas Institute will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating McQuaid Jesuit, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Aquinas Institute took down McQuaid Jesuit 21-6 on Friday.
The critical scores for Aquinas Institute came from Trent Buttles, Derrion Battle, and Jeff Logan.
Aquinas Institute didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Buttles picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Rush-Henrietta won against University Prep on Friday with 13 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Rush-Henrietta secured a 13-7 W over University Prep Charter. That's two games straight that the Royal Comets have won by exactly six points.
Aquinas Institute is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.9 points per game. As for Rush-Henrietta, their win bumped their record up to 5-6.
Aquinas Institute took their victory against Rush-Henrietta in their previous matchup back in October by a conclusive 50-24. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Rush-Henrietta's Justin Medina, who rushed for 189 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Aquinas Institute still be able to contain Medina? There's only one way to find out.
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