With a playoff game on the line, Iona Prep rose to the challenge on Saturday. They blew past the St. Anthony's Friars 43-22. The Gaels might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by 20 points or more this season.
Crew Davis was his usual excellent self, rushing for 222 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry, and also picking up 62 receiving yards. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 55 yards. Julian Guzman handled things on the ground, rushing for 86 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Iona Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 357 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
St. Anthony's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Xavier Bala, who rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Bala a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Gary Merrill, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown.
The win (which was Iona Prep's ninth in a row) raised their record to 10-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.1 points per game. As for St. Anthony's, with the loss, they broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 9-4.
Iona Prep will take on Canisius at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Iona Prep is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road. St. Anthony's does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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