The Catholic Memorial Knights and the Wellesley Raiders are set to duel on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Catholic Memorial sitting on nine straight wins and Wellesley on three.
Catholic Memorial is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They breezed by Bridgewater-Raynham to the tune of 48-14. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by 28 points or more this season.
Mekhi Dodd was his usual excellent self, rushing for 170 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Kise Flannery, who threw for 89 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Wellesley was able to grind out a solid victory over Bishop Feehan on Friday, taking the game 14-7.
Wellesley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 30.3 points per game. As for Catholic Memorial, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Everything went Catholic Memorial's way against Wellesley in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as Catholic Memorial made off with a 42-21 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Wellesley's Robby Broggi, who picked up 171 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Catholic Memorial to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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