After each having a week off, the St. John's Pioneers and the Shrewsbury Colonials will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 42-7, which was the final score in St. John's tilt against La Salle Academy two weeks ago. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 103rd in Massachusetts, while the Rams are ranked second in Rhode Island).
Meanwhile, Shrewsbury came up short against Andover two weeks ago and fell 27-17. The Colonials haven't had much luck with the Golden Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
This is the second loss in a row for St. John's and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Shrewsbury, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 0-2.
St. John's couldn't quite finish off Shrewsbury in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 13-10. Can St. John's avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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