The St. Thomas Catholic Eagles are taking a road trip to take on the St. Michael's Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Thomas Catholic took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They strolled past Concordia Lutheran with points to spare, taking the game 27-9. The Eagles pushed the score to 27-2 by the end of the third, a deficit the Crusaders cut but never quite recovered from.
St. Thomas Catholic's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Roy Thomas Jenkins, who threw for 163 yards and three touchdowns, and Oliver Ljuboja, who picked up 65 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, St. Michael's had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 44-20 margin over the Eagles. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 24 points or more this season.
Nico Anderson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 286 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.3 yards per attempt, and also punching in a rushing score. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
St. Michael's wouldn't let Savio keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. St. Michael's can thank Sage Gurasich and Pierce Kovacs for forcing both of them. St. Michael's got some further help from Utah Anderson: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made five total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Special teams also deserves some recognition, posting 14 points in total. All those points came courtesy of Carson Sommers: he added nine points with three field goals, and another four kicking extra points.
The victory got St. Thomas Catholic back to even at 4-4. As for St. Michael's, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
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