Mater Dei Catholic has won three straight games at home, while Bishop has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders will host the Bishop's Knights at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Mater Dei Catholic humbled Sweetwater with a 47-14 victory. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Red Devils are ranked 618th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kartell Purvis and Zaryan Crews. Purvis had a great game and threw for 241 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, Crews was balling out in the loss, rushing for 186 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
Mater Dei Catholic didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jordan Dumaran and Javon Jackson. With that strong performance, Jackson is now averaging an impressive 5.4 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Bishop's rose to the challenge on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Sundevils 49-20.
Bishop's is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40.8 points. As for Mater Dei Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Mater Dei Catholic took a serious blow against Bishop's when the teams last played back in September of 2019, falling 71-42. Thankfully for Mater Dei Catholic, Tyler Buchner (who rushed for 295 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.8 yards per carry, and also threw for 465 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per attempt) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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