If Bishop Ireton was riding high fresh off their 31-0 takedown of Saint John Paul the Great Catholic last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Bishop Ireton Cardinals lost 42-21 to the Paul VI Panthers on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Panthers are ranked 43rd).
Although Bishop Ireton took the loss, they still got scores from Josh Jones, Nick Milewski, and Daniel Pressley. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Lungren, who threw for 199 yards and a touchdown.
Bishop Ireton's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3. As for Paul VI, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
Bishop Ireton will challenge Bishop O'Connell at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Paul VI, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 54-7 victory against Saint John Paul the Great Catholic on the 1st.
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