The Grants Pirates will head out to challenge the St. Pius X Sartans at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Grants is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They snuck past Silver with a 22-16 win. The score was all tied up 8-8 at the break, but the Pirates were the better team in the second half.
The critical scores for Grants came from Cardenio Chavez, Juaquine Rivera, and Boudy Melonas.
Grants wouldn't let Silver keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Chavez was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, St. Pius X entered their tilt with Manzano two weeks ago with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They came out on top against the Monarchs by a score of 16-7.
St. Pius X found their leader in sophomore Hershul Olloway Jr, who rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. Olloway Jr's longest rush was for an incredible 80 yards.
St. Pius X didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Curtis Flakes III and Cayl Cox-Liggins. St. Pius X got some further help from Michael Deller: he picked up two sacks and made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
St. Pius X pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 35.0 points per game. As for Grants, they now have a winning record of 6-5.
Grants was dealt a bruising 40-7 defeat at the hands of St. Pius X in their previous matchup back in August. Can Grants avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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