Carmel has gone 4-0 against Marian Catholic recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Carmel Corsairs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Marian Catholic Spartans at 7:30 p.m.
Last Friday, Carmel didn't have quite enough to beat St. Laurence and fell 17-14.
Carmel's loss came about despite a quality game from Kai Owens, who picked up 132 receiving yards and a touchdown. Owens showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 60 yards. Donovan Day also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 81 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marian Catholic). They took down Leo 33-18 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Spartans considering their seven-point performance the game before.
Marian Catholic can attribute much of their success to Kyle Scott, who rushed for 193 yards and a touchdown, and Jeremiah Stonewall, who rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. The dominant performance gave Scott a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marian Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 340 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Carmel's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Marian Catholic, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything went Carmel's way against Marian Catholic in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, as Carmel made off with a 38-17 win. Does Carmel have another victory up their sleeve, or will Marian Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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