Nolan Catholic is 2-7 against Prestonwood Christian since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Nolan Catholic Vikings will venture away from home to square off against the Prestonwood Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Nolan Catholic came up short against Southwest Christian School and fell 28-21. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Despite the defeat, Nolan Catholic got top-tier performance from Carter Devero, who threw for 171 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 84 yards. The dominant performance gave Devero a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of that aerial production (84 yards to be exact) went to Aaron Morales, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Prestonwood Christian). They breezed by Dallas Christian on the road to the tune of 49-9 on Friday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Lions with their most commanding win of the season.
Prestonwood Christian relied on the efforts of Takashi Shaw, who gained 205 total yards and two touchdowns, and Lj Taylor, who rushed for 79 yards and four touchdowns.
Nolan Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Prestonwood Christian, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Nolan Catholic was taken down by Prestonwood Christian 70-12 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Prestonwood Christian's Caiden Collins, who rushed for 282 yards and five touchdowns on only 15 carries, and also caught a touchdown. Now that Nolan Catholic 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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