The St. Joseph Regional Green Knights will take on the St. Peter's Prep Marauders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Joseph Regional will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
St. Joseph Regional is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Paramus Catholic, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (St. Joseph Regional was ranked fifth). St. Joseph Regional blew past Paramus Catholic 44-19 on Saturday. Considering the Green Knights have won three matches by more than 20 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Lamar Best continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 101 yards and five touchdowns on only six carries, while also throwing for 113 yards and a touchdown on only ten passes. Another player making a difference was Nathan Bailey, who gained 134 total yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Joseph Regional was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 248 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
One reason for the win was St. Joseph Regional's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Chaz Gray was especially locked on to Paramus Catholic's QB and sacked him twice. AJ Revella was another major factor on D, making 11 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, St. Peter's Prep entered their contest against Delbarton on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. St. Peter's Prep came up short against Delbarton, falling 44-21. The loss continues a trend for the Marauders in their matchups with the Green Wave: they've now lost three in a row.
St. Joseph Regional's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for St. Peter's Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
St. Joseph Regional beat St. Peter's Prep 40-28 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was St. Peter's Prep's Tyler Bell, who threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will St. Joseph Regional still be able to contain Bell? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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