The St. Anne-Pacelli Vikings will take on the Brookstone Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
St. Anne-Pacelli's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 55-0 victory over Calvary Christian. With that win, the Vikings brought their scoring average up to 26.4 points per game.
Jason Nelson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 142 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 105.3 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Donovan Colvin, who rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: St. Anne-Pacelli was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 166 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
St. Anne-Pacelli didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cameron Carino and Uriah Mazyck. Carino is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brookstone). They blew past Calvary Christian 55-7 at home last Friday. With that victory, the Cougars brought their scoring average up to 29.3 points per game.
Brookstone found their leader in underclassman Broughton Branch, who threw for 169 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Brookstone wouldn't let Calvary Christian keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Harrison Baker, Carson Hubard, and Jakeith Tolbert picked up one apiece.
St. Anne-Pacelli is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Brookstone, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-2.
St. Anne-Pacelli couldn't quite finish off Brookstone when the teams last played back in November of 2023 and fell 13-10. Thankfully for St. Anne-Pacelli, Lane Cannon (who rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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