The St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders are taking a road trip to square off against the Paynesville Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Cloud Cathedral will be strutting in after a win while Paynesville will be coming in after a loss.
St. Cloud Cathedral will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a 36-point defeat in their previous outing, but they didn't let that bad energy affect their game against Osakis on Friday. St. Cloud Cathedral narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Osakis 19-16.
Meanwhile, Paynesville took a blow against Eden Valley-Watkins on Friday, falling 46-16. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 151st, while the Eagles are ranked 15th).
The win got St. Cloud Cathedral back to even at 2-2. As for Paynesville, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 2-2.
St. Cloud Cathedral strolled past Paynesville when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 14-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Cloud Cathedral since the squad 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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