After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Archbishop McCarthy is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the St. Brendan Sabres at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Last Friday, Archbishop McCarthy took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 42-6 victory over Cypress Bay. With the Mavericks ahead 28-6 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Robert Kerns had an outrageously good game as he threw for 274 yards and five touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Kendall Brown was Kerns' top target, picking up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Archbishop McCarthy's defense and their four sacks. Leading the way was Olivier Belizaire and his two. His also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (3.0 for loss). Another thorn in Cypress Bay's side was Justin St-Ange, who made 13 total tackles (4.0 for loss) and snagging an interception.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Archbishop McCarthy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 233 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 217 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, St. Brendan got themselves on the board against Palm Glades Prep Academy on Thursday, but Palm Glades Prep Academy never followed suit. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 21-0 win. Given the Sabres' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Eagles are ranked 480th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Archbishop McCarthy pushed their record up to 2-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for St. Brendan, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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