Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and Archbishop Riordan are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2015, but not for long. After each having a week off, both will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory came up short against Wilcox two weeks ago, falling 39-14. The loss was the Fightin' Irish's first of the season.
Although Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory took the loss, they still got scores from Michael Sargent and Jasaun Mabrey.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Riordan ended up a good deal behind Pittsburg two weeks ago and lost 56-42. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on September 6th (34), the Crusaders still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Archbishop Riordan got top-tier performance from Jeremiah Jones, who rushed for 309 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Jones a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Michael Mitchell Jr., who threw for 217 yards and four touchdowns.
Having lost for the first time this season, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory fell to 2-1. As for Archbishop Riordan, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory was dealt a bruising 49-19 defeat at the hands of Archbishop Riordan in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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