Archbishop Carroll is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Bishop McNamara. The Archbishop Carroll Lions fell just short of the Bishop McNamara Mustangs by a score of 18-16. That makes it the first time this season the Lions have let down their home crowd.
Despite the loss, Archbishop Carroll still got an impressive performance from Tk Davis, who rushed for 176 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Archbishop Carroll was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 215 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Archbishop Carroll didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cameron Brown and Amari James.
Archbishop Carroll is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-4. As for Bishop McNamara, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions dukes it out withBishop Ireton at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. They are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27 points per game this season. As for Bishop McNamara, they are on the road again on Friday to play Cornerstone Christian at 7:30 p.m. Bishop McNamara's defense has only allowed 7.5 points per game this season, so Cornerstone Christian's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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