The Marist RedHawks will challenge the St. Laurence Vikings at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Last Thursday, Marist and Carmel were almost perfectly matched up, but Marist suffered a 15-14 defeat. The RedHawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Laurence). They blew past St. Francis 46-6 at home on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
St. Laurence didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off five passes before the game was over. McKenzie-Alyse Saffold led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by herself. She also hauled in two receiving touchdowns, which is notable because St. Laurence is 6-1 when she posts at least two receiving touchdowns, but 5-6 otherwise.
Marist's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for St. Laurence, their win bumped their record up to 11-7.
Marist came out on top in a nail-biter against St. Laurence in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 28-26. Does Marist have another victory up their sleeve, or will St. Laurence turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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