The St. Mary's Knights and the Northwest Christian Crusaders are set to duel on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, St. Mary's blew past Lake Havasu, posting a 35-7 win at home. Considering St. Mary's has won three matchups by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
St. Mary's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Billy Lewis, who threw for 146 yards and three touchdowns. Lewis has become a key player for St. Mary's: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Luke Mowery was in the mix too, providing St. Mary's with a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Northwest Christian never let their opponents score last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Lake Havasu 35-0 on the road. The win was familiar territory for the Crusaders who have now won four matches in a row.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Northwest Christian to victory, but perhaps none more so than Laki Wallwork, who threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Nathan Johannes helped Wallwork out on the ground, rushing for 84 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 47 receiving yards.
St. Mary's now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Northwest Christian, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
St. Mary's was taken down by Northwest Christian 35-7 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Thankfully for St. Mary's, Evan Tarasenko (who threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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