The St. Philip Catholic Central Fighting Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Mendon Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
St. Philip Catholic Central will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Colon, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. St. Philip Catholic Central took down Colon 44-30 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Mendon put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Bellevue as Mendon made off with a 66-42 victory. 66 seems to be a good number for the Hornets as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
It was another big night for Owen Gorham, who rushed for 256 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry. He is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season. Backing up that air attack was James T Lux, who rushed for 97 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Mendon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 375 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 325 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Mendon didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Gorham and Ryder Gorham.
St. Philip Catholic Central's record is now 4-2. As for Mendon, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
St. Philip Catholic Central was taken down by Mendon 61-22 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can St. Philip Catholic Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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