The Granite City Warriors and the Althoff Catholic Crusaders are set to duel on Friday. Granite City has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with 16 straight losses, while Althoff Catholic will come in with seven straight wins.
Granite City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 42-18 to Mt. Vernon on Friday.
Meanwhile, Althoff Catholic took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 46-6 victory over Mater Dei. The Crusaders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 27 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Dierre Hill Jr, who rushed for 348 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Jayden Ellington was another key player, throwing for 232 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Althoff Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 369 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mater Dei only rushed for 47.
Granite City's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Althoff Catholic, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Granite City was dealt a bruising 53-14 loss at the hands of Althoff Catholic in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hill Jr, who rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Granite City 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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