The St. Bernard's Crusaders will venture away from home to challenge the Moreau Catholic Mariners at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Bernard's is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.1 points per game this season.
St. Bernard's is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Saturday. They and Del Norte were almost perfectly matched up, but St. Bernard's suffered a 33-32 defeat.
Despite their loss, St. Bernard's saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Tyler Hinrichs, who picked up 123 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground, was perhaps the best of all. Michael Manzi was in the mix as well, providing St. Bernard's with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Moreau Catholic). They breezed by Tennyson to the tune of 62-8 on Friday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 33-8.
A big part of Moreau Catholic's win came down to the chemistry between Jeremiah Charles and his top target Jalen Arnold. Charles threw for 231 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes while Arnold picked up 195 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Arnold was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 68 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Bryant, who rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Moreau Catholic wouldn't let Tennyson keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Moreau Catholic can thank Seth Evans and Kaden Sewell for forcing both of them. Sewell also made five total tackles, which is notable because Moreau Catholic is undefeated when he posts at least three total tackles, but 3-4 otherwise.
Moreau Catholic's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-4. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.7 points per game. As for St. Bernard's, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
St. Bernard's beat Moreau Catholic 30-23 in their previous matchup back in September of 2017. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Moreau Catholic's Adi Anderson, who rushed for 216 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.3 yards per carry. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for St. Bernard's to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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