Bishop Ireton has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Bishop O'Connell Knights at 12:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It was a proper cat-fight when Bishop Ireton took on Paul VI on Friday. Bishop Ireton lost 42-21 to Paul VI. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Panthers are ranked 43rd).
Meanwhile, Bishop O'Connell ended up a good deal behind Archbishop Carroll on Saturday and lost 34-17. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bishop O'Connell might have lost, but man, Douglas O?Donnell was a machine: he rushed for 143 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave O?Donnell a new career-high in rushing yards.
Bishop O'Connell didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Zander Schied and Xavier Reid. Bishop O'Connell got some further help from Brandon Green: he picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Even though they lost, Bishop O'Connell was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Bishop Ireton's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3. As for Bishop O'Connell, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Bishop Ireton took their win against Bishop O'Connell when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 30-6. Will Bishop Ireton repeat their success, or does Bishop O'Connell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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