Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory hasn't had much luck against Saint Francis recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish will face off against the Saint Francis Lancers at 7:00 p.m.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Saturday, they were much more limited against Valley Christian on Friday. They lost to the Warriors on the road by a 21-7 margin. The matchup marked the Fightin' Irish's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Despite the loss, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory saw an underclassman step up: Zion Secrease picked up 90 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 90 receiving yards set a new season-high mark for Secrease.
Meanwhile, Saint Francis waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They took down the Wildcats 27-13. 27 seems to be a good number for the Lancers as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Kingston Keanaaina continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 212 yards and two touchdowns. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run.
Saint Francis was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Saint Francis, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory suffered a grim 44-22 defeat to Saint Francis in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Keanaaina, who rushed for 249 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. Now that Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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