The St. Joseph Academy Crusaders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Julian Eagles at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Julian took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on St. Joseph Academy, who comes in off a win.
St. Joseph Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: California Lutheran, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (St. Joseph Academy was ranked 11th). St. Joseph Academy breezed by California Lutheran on the road to the tune of 62-30 on Friday. Considering the Crusaders have won four games by more than 31 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Joseph Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 506 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 220 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Joseph Academy's defense and their nine sacks. Conall McMahon was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up fivehimself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 40 points the game before, Julian was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They and Ocean View Christian were almost perfectly matched up, but Julian suffered a 7-6 loss. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
St. Joseph Academy's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Julian, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
St. Joseph Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Julian in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, sneaking past 2-0. Does St. Joseph Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Julian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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