The Garner Trojans and the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders are set to duel on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Garner is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They slipped by Southeast Raleigh 14-13. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Trojans.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cardinal Gibbons). They blew past Willow Spring 60-7 on Friday. The victory was familiar territory for the Crusaders who have now won seven matchups in a row.
Gannon Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 308 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.7 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 30 yards and a touchdown. Brayden Karras was another key player, picking up 117 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Cardinal Gibbons didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Xavier Hasan and Matthew Greene.
Cardinal Gibbons pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 3.5 points per game. As for Garner, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
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