The Carrollwood Day Patriots will face off against the Cardinal Newman Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
After dropping their season opener at home, Cardinal Newman is headed out to face a Patriots squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Carrollwood Day received a blow on Friday as they fell 28-14 to Plant.
Even if they lost, Carrollwood Day's defense still kept up the pressure with 3.5 sacks. Zach Johnson was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. Carrollwood Day got some further help from Kaden Paghense: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made six total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman had to kick off their season on the road on Friday, but they showed no ill effects. They took their game on the road with ease, bagging a 46-7 win over Monsignor Pace. With the Crusaders ahead 40-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Cardinal Newman's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jyron Hughley, who rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, and Jaylin ?Jbo? Brown, who rushed for 145 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries.
Hughley wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Cardinal Newman was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
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