The St. Joseph Regional Green Knights will challenge the St. Peter's Prep Marauders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Joseph Regional will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
St. Joseph Regional is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Paramus Catholic, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (St. Joseph Regional was ranked fifth). St. Joseph Regional was the clear victor by a 44-19 margin over Paramus Catholic on Saturday. Considering the Green Knights have won three matchups by more than 20 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Lamar Best continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 101 yards and five touchdowns on only six carries, while also throwing for 113 yards and a touchdown on only ten passes. Nathan Bailey was another key player, gaining 134 total yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Joseph Regional was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Joseph Regional's defense and their four sacks. Chaz Gray was especially locked on to Paramus Catholic's QB and sacked him twice. AJ Revella was another major factor on D, making 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, St. Peter's Prep entered their game against Delbarton on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. St. Peter's Prep lost 44-21 to Delbarton. The Marauders haven't had much luck with the Green Wave recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
St. Joseph Regional's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for St. Peter's Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
St. Joseph Regional was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Peter's Prep in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 40-28. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was St. Peter's Prep's Tyler Bell, who threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will St. Joseph Regional still be able to contain Bell? There's only one way to find out.
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