The St. Paul Cardinals will head out on the road to square off against the Brazos Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Things were looking good for St. Paul after they put the first points on the board on Friday, but unfortunately for them things went downhill from there. They fell 28-20 to Sacred Heart. The loss continues a trend for the Cardinals in their meetings with the Indians: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Brazos Christian strolled into their game on Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Everything went their way against Central Texas Christian as they made off with a 42-16 victory. With that win, the Eagles brought their scoring average up to 26 points per game.
St. Paul better focus on containing Hudson Jacobus and Karsen Ramsey as the pair were huge in Brazos Christian's win. Jacobus threw for 280 yards and four TDs while completing 73.7% of his passes, while Ramsey picked up 154 receiving yards and three scores. The dominant performance also gave Jacobus a new career-high in passer rating (155.2). Clark Palomo got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Brazos Christian proved: they limited Central Texas Christian to a paltry 3.2 yards per carry. The team can thank Ty Urban for the heroic effort on defense: he. Brazos Christian hasn't allowed more than 4.2 yards per carry in four consecutive matchups.
Brazos Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Davis Wall, Palomo, and Landon Sands picked up one apiece. Palomo got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
St. Paul's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Brazos Christian, their record is now 7-0.
St. Paul was dealt a bruising 52-8 loss at the hands of Brazos Christian in their previous matchup back in November of 2024. Can the Cardinals avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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