Rich Township couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They came up short against the Marian Catholic Spartans on Friday, falling 25-0. While losing is never fun, the Raptors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 303rd, while the Spartans are ranked 114th).
Charles Brown rushed for 55 yards.
Kyle Scott had a dynamite game for Marian Catholic, rushing for 130 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards.
Rich Township will look to defend their home field on Friday against Phillips at 6:00 p.m. As for Marian Catholic, they will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against Homewood-Flossmoor at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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