Benedictine and Padua Franciscan squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Benedictine had to settle for second. They received a blow as they fell 42-28 to the Padua Franciscan Bruins. The Bengals' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
Roderick Love continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Padua Franciscan, rushing for 258 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Love has become a key player for Padua Franciscan: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 4-5 otherwise. Padua Franciscan also got help from Riley Cervenka, who showed off his sure hands for 95 receiving yards.
Benedictine's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-3. As for Padua Franciscan, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-5.
Benedictine does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Padua Franciscan, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Central Catholic at 7:00 p.m. Central Catholic is coming into the contest with seven straight wins at home, so Padua Franciscan will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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