After a string of three wins, St. Francis's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They took a hard 61-47 fall against Varsity Opponent. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (35), the Red Raiders still had to take the loss.
Damone Allen and Larry Hardy Iii certainly did their best on Saturday to avoid the loss. Allen picked up 141 receiving yards and three touchdowns, while Hardy Iii rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns. Allen is becoming a predictor of St. Francis' success: when he posts at least two receiving touchdowns the team is 5-1 (and 0-3 when he doesn't).
St. Francis' loss dropped their record down to 5-4.
St. Francis will square off against St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.5 points per game this season. Varsity Opponent has already played their next match, a 44-6 defeat against Magnolia on the 2nd.
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