The St. Michael's Warriors will head out to challenge the St. Pius X Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Michael's is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.2 points per game this season.
St. Michael's took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 49-8 win over TMI-Episcopal. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won three matchups by 25 points or more so far this season.
Nico Anderson was the offensive standout of the match as he threw for 162 yards and a touchdown while completing 85.7% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They had to suffer through a 49-8 loss at the hands of Concordia Lutheran. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 775th, while the Crusaders are ranked 316th).
St. Pius X might have lost, but man, Andrew Kirklin was a machine: he rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave Kirklin a new career-high in rushing yards.
St. Michael's victory was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for St. Pius X, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
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