Cardinal Hayes is 2-8 against Iona Prep since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Cardinals will square off against the Gaels at 7:00 p.m. Cardinal Hayes has given up an average of 31.6 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Friday, Cardinal Hayes wound up with the same score they had in their last game (40-28), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. While losing is never fun, they can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Friars are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Iona Prep was fully in charge last Saturday, breezing past Archbishop Stepinac 49-21. The Gaels might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 24 points or more this season.
Iona Prep's win came from a few key players Cardinal Hayes will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Julian Guzman, who rushed for 86 yards and two TDs, and also threw for 207 yards while completing 73.3% of his passes. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 50 yards. Joe Wolf was another key player, picking up 143 receiving yards and one score.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Iona Prep proved: they limited Archbishop Stepinac to a paltry 3.4 yards per carry. The dominant display was nothing new: the Gaels have now limited their opponent to fewer and fewer yards per carry in three consecutive matchups.
Iona Prep didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Lamar Lewis and Willie Reeves. Reeves got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Cardinal Hayes' defeat dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Iona Prep, their record now sits at 8-1.
Cardinal Hayes took a serious blow against Iona Prep when the teams last played back in September, falling 42-14. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Cardinals were down 21-0.
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