Vianney is 0-10 against Christian Brothers since October of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Vianney Golden Griffins will welcome the Christian Brothers Cadets at 6:00 p.m. Vianney is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.3 points per game this season.
Vianney is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Friday. They and St. Louis University were almost perfectly matched up, but Vianney suffered a 21-20 loss. While losing is never fun, the Golden Griffins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Junior Bills are ranked 46th).
Despite the defeat, Vianney had strong showings from Sam Smith, who picked up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and Sam Deen, who threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns. A healthy portion of that aerial production (82 yards to be exact) also went to Cole Adair.
Meanwhile, Christian Brothers entered their tilt with Lipscomb Academy on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They strolled past the Mustangs with points to spare, taking the game 37-23. The Cadets pushed the score to 30-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Mustangs cut but never quite recovered from.
Vianney's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Christian Brothers, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Vianney was dealt a bruising 56-7 defeat at the hands of Christian Brothers in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Vianney was down 28-7.
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