The St. John the Baptist Cougars are taking a road trip to face off against the Iona Prep Gaels at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. St. John the Baptist is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Last Saturday, St. John the Baptist came up short against Chaminade and fell 24-14. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Flyers are ranked 12th).
Although St. John the Baptist took the loss, they still got scores from Maxwell Bowers and Luka Skoda.
Meanwhile, after only ten points in their last game, Iona Prep made sure to put some points up on the board against Archbishop Stepinac on Saturday. Iona Prep blew past Archbishop Stepinac 43-13 on the road.
Julian Guzman was his usual excellent self, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 243 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Crew Davis was another key player, gaining 109 total yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Iona Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
St. John the Baptist now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Iona Prep, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
St. John the Baptist might still be hurting after the 31-10 defeat they got from Iona Prep in their previous meeting back in September of 2016. Can St. John the Baptist avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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