The St. Thomas Aquinas Trojans will venture away from home to face off against the St. Joseph Falcons at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. St. Thomas Aquinas is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.1 points per game this season.
St. Thomas Aquinas took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They breezed by Edison at home to the tune of 57-7. With the Trojans ahead 37-7 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead St. Thomas Aquinas to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ca'Si Thomas, who rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns. Chase Young was in the mix as well, providing St. Thomas Aquinas with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Thomas Aquinas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph's undefeated season came to an end after five games on Friday. They were dealt a 49-14 defeat at the hands of Phillipsburg. The matchup marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Justin Scaramuzzo put forth a good effort for the losing side as he threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt.
St. Thomas Aquinas' record is now 5-2. As for St. Joseph, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-1.
St. Thomas Aquinas was taken down by St. Joseph 35-0 when the teams last played back in November of 2015. Can St. Thomas Aquinas avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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