The St. John's Prep Eagles will square off against the Framingham Flyers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in St. John's Prep's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
St. John's Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Catholic Memorial, who was ranked second at the time (St. John's Prep was ranked first). The Eagles took down the Knights 43-28 on Saturday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Framingham's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 15-11 hit to the loss column at the hands of Needham. Having soared to a lofty 40 points in the game before, the Flyers couldn't push the score so high this time.
St. John's Prep will have to contain Nicholas Nascimento Duarte as he made an impact in Framingham's last game. He rushed for 197 yards and one TD. Nascimento Duarte's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 125 rushing yards.
Framingham's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for St. John's Prep, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
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