Loyola Academy has won six straight games at home (dating back to last season), while St. Francis has won six straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Loyola Academy Ramblers will host the St. Francis Spartans at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Loyola Academy will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points last Saturday, then bounced right back against Glenbard West on Saturday. Loyola Academy claimed a resounding 42-7 win over Glenbard West on the road. Given the Ramblers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Hilltoppers are ranked 31st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Loyola Academy's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brendan Loftus led the charge by picking up 121 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Another passer making a difference was Ryan Fitzgerald, who threw for 189 yards and two touchdowns while completing 100% of his passes.
Meanwhile, St. Francis got themselves on the board against Lift for Life Academy on Saturday, but Lift for Life Academy never followed suit. They breezed by Lift for Life Academy on the road to the tune of 42-0. The Spartans pushed the score to 35-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the had no chance of recovering from.
The victory got Loyola Academy back to even at 1-1. As for St. Francis, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
Everything came up roses for Loyola Academy against St. Francis in their previous matchup back in September of 2017 as the team secured a 42-7 victory. Does Loyola Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Francis turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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