DePaul Catholic is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Cardinal Hayes. The DePaul Catholic Spartans took down the Cardinal Hayes Cardinals 36-20. The Spartans pushed the score to 36-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.
Leading DePaul Catholic to victory were Nolan James and Derek Zammit. James gained 178 total yards and three touchdowns, while Zammit rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. James' longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards. De'Zie Jones also helped out with an impressive 94 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, DePaul Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 246 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 196 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
DePaul Catholic's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Logan Nagle was especially locked on to Cardinal Hayes' QB and sacked him 2.5 times.
Despite the loss, Cardinal Hayes still got an impressive performance from John Weaver, who rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. The dominant performance also gave Weaver a new career-high in rushing yards.
DePaul Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Cardinal Hayes, the loss snapped their winning streak at eight games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-1 record.
DePaul Catholic will take on Seton Hall Prep at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Cardinal Hayes, they will challenge Moore Catholic at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Cardinal Hayes is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
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