On Saturday, Catholic Memorial faced St. John's Prep in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Catholic Memorial Knights simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the St. John's Prep Eagles 34-0. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 28 points or more this season.
Mekhi Dodd was his usual excellent self, rushing for 245 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.9 yards per carry. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 64 yards.
Catholic Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 352 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Catholic Memorial didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Liam Conlon and Jackson Tucker. Tucker has been hot recently, having also posted at least one interception the last three times he's played.
The victory was the sixth in a row for Catholic Memorial, bringing their record for this year to 6-1. As for St. John's Prep, with the defeat, they broke their six-game winning streak and moved their record to 6-1.
Catholic Memorial and Malden Catholic are set to duel on Friday. Catholic Memorial is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season. As for St. John's Prep, they will challenge Boston College High at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (St. John's Prep: 14, Boston College High: 6.8) so any points scored will be well earned.
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