The St. Michael's Horsemen will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Thoreau Hawks at 1:00 p.m. St. Michael's defense has only allowed 5.9 points per game this season, so Thoreau's offense will have their work cut out for them.
St. Michael's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave two weeks ago, when they got past Robertson's usually-dominant defense. St. Michael's walked away with a 34-21 victory over Robertson. The Horsemen pushed the score to 34-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Thoreau rose to the challenge last Friday. They had just enough and edged the Huskies out 22-20. 22 seems to be a good number for the Hawks as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
The victory (which was Thoreau's eighth in a row) raised their record to 9-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.3 points per game. As for St. Michael's, they pushed their record up to 10-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Everything came up roses for St. Michael's against Thoreau when the teams last played back in November of 2022, as the squad secured a 50-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Michael's since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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