On Friday Cathedral will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Bishop Alemany Warriors at 7:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Cathedral: 16.4, Bishop Alemany: 6) so any points scored will be well earned.
Cathedral's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Narbonne offense got past them. Cathedral fell to Narbonne 35-31. The loss was the Phantoms' first of the season.
Cathedral might have lost, but man, Jaden Jefferson was a machine: he threw for 289 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 110 yards on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Jefferson a new career-high in rushing yards. Quentin Hale was Jefferson's top target, picking up 127 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Bishop Alemany put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Lawndale 41-7 on the road. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Cardinals are ranked 508th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Bishop Alemany's win came down to the chemistry between Valentino May and his top target Gianni Haynes. May threw for 142 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 5-for-5 passing while Haynes picked up 132 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Demare Dezeurn also helped with three touchdowns in total.
Having lost for the first time this season, Cathedral fell to 4-1. As for Bishop Alemany, their victory bumped their record up to 5-0.
Everything went Cathedral's way against Bishop Alemany in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Cathedral made off with a 54-28 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cathedral since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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