The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish are taking a road trip to challenge the Archbishop Mitty Monarchs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory has given up an average of 27.7 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Junipero Serra on Saturday. The Fightin' Irish came up short against the Padres, falling 34-14. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Padres are ranked 24th).
Although Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory took the loss, they still got scores from Germaine Powell and Zion Secrease.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Mitty started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Saint Francis. They were just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 20-19 to the Lancers. The Monarchs haven't had much luck with the Lancers recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory will have to keep a close watch on Lazaro Faraj-Washington and Joseph Engin, a pair of players who had a big impact on Archbishop Mitty's prior game. Faraj-Washington rushed for 124 yards and one touchdown, while Engin threw for 164 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 75% of his passes. Faraj-Washington is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 108 every time he's taken the field this season.
Archbishop Mitty's defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-2. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory beat Archbishop Mitty 35-28 in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Fightin' Irish 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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