St. Ignatius and Mentor are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2017, but not for long. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats faces off against the Mentor Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Ignatius has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with seven straight losses, while Mentor will come in with ten straight wins.
Last Friday, St. Ignatius and Clarkson N were almost perfectly matched up, but St. Ignatius suffered a 27-26 defeat.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mentor). They blew past Euclid 51-14 on Friday. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won eight matchups by 23 points or more so far this season.
Mentor can attribute much of their success to Jackson Farley, who rushed for 80 yards and three touchdowns, and Marcus Sierputowski, who gained 134 total yards and two touchdowns. Farley is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last four games he's played. Grant Cerny was another key pass catcher, picking up 52 receiving yards and a touchdown.
St. Ignatius' loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Mentor, their victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0.
St. Ignatius came up short against Mentor in their previous meeting back in August, falling 20-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Farley, who rushed for 208 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry, and also picked up 34 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that St. Ignatius knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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