St. Francis is 7-1 against St. Paul since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The St. Francis Golden Knights will look to defend their home field against the St. Paul Swordsmen at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with seven consecutive losses dating back to last season for St. Francis and three for St. Paul.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 35-7, which was the final score in St. Francis' tilt against Loyola last Friday. While losing is never fun, the Golden Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 267th, while the Cubs are ranked 73rd).
Meanwhile, St. Paul lost to Servite on the road by a 33-14 margin on Friday.
Although St. Paul took the loss, they still got scores from Matthew Sotelo and Kenneth Marshall.
Even though they lost, St. Paul was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
St. Francis' defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for St. Paul, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
St. Francis came up short against St. Paul in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 37-32. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Paul's Gabriel Castaneda, who threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns on only 17 passes. Now that St. Francis knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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