The Iona Prep Gaels will head out to challenge the St. Anthony's Friars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Iona Prep will come into the game with an undefeated record on the line.
Iona Prep is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New York's top teams: Cardinal Hayes, who was ranked ninth at the time (Iona Prep was ranked first). The Gaels really took it to the Cardinals for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-14 win. With the Gaels ahead 21-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Iona Prep can attribute much of their success to Julian Guzman, who threw for 121 yards and four TDs while completing 73.3% of his passes, and Crew Davis, who gained 97 total yards and a touchdown.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when St. Anthony's and Monsignor Farrell meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Friars and the Lions were almost perfectly matched up, but the Friars suffered a 21-20 loss. While the Friars had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Lions 6-0.
Iona Prep's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for St. Anthony's, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Everything went Iona Prep's way against St. Anthony's when the teams last played back in November of 2024, as Iona Prep made off with a 43-22 win. Do the Gaels have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Friars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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