The Bishop Manogue Miners's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Central Catholic Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Bishop Manogue is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Pittsburg, who was ranked 13th at the time (Bishop Manogue was ranked fourth). Bishop Manogue had to suffer through a 41-14 loss at the hands of Pittsburg. The Miners were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 34-7.
Despite the defeat, Bishop Manogue had strong showings from Demari Stacker, who picked up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Brandon Mann, who threw for 191 yards and two touchdowns.
Bishop Manogue wouldn't let Pittsburg keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Bishop Manogue can thank Josh Zarcone and Tonu Finau for forcing both of them. Zarcone also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Meanwhile, the Raiders lost to the Rams on the road by a 45-29 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 85th in California, while the Rams are ranked second in Oregon).
The Raiders might have lost, but man, Wyatt Dragoo was a machine: he rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. The Raiders also got a significant boost from Joey Alcutt, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 90 yards.
Bishop Manogue's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for the Raiders, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 1-2.
Bishop Manogue came up short against Central Catholic in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 16-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Alcutt, who rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Now that Bishop Manogue knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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