St. Paul is 1-7 against St. Francis since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The St. Paul Swordsmen will head out on the road to challenge the St. Francis Golden Knights at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
St. Paul is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. The match between them and Servite wasn't particularly close, with St. Paul falling 33-14.
Although St. Paul took the loss, they still got scores from Matthew Sotelo and Kenneth Marshall.
Even though they lost, St. Paul was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, St. Francis was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 35-7 loss at the hands of Loyola. While losing is never fun, the Golden Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 267th, while the Cubs are ranked 73rd).
St. Paul now has a losing record at 2-3. As for St. Francis, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
St. Paul didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against St. Francis in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 37-32 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Paul since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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