It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Villa Angela-St. Joseph can now relate to. They were beaten by the Ursuline Fighting Irish 44-8 on Friday. The Vikings were red-hot offensively headed into the match (they scored no less than 31 points in the three matchups prior) but the Fighting Irish's defense proved too tough.
Dc Ferrell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Ursuline, throwing for 283 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, while also rushing for 120 yards on only 12 carries. The dominant performance gave Ferrell a new career-high in rushing yards. A healthy portion of Ferrell's aerial production (97 yards to be exact) went to Ray Javey.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph moved to 8-3 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Ursuline, the win (which was their 11th in a row) raised their record to 11-1.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Ursuline, their homestand will continue as they prepare to take on Aurora at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Aurora is coming into the contest with five straight victories on the road, so Ursuline will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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