Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory lost against Archbishop Riordan back in November of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish had to suffer through a 63-34 loss at the hands of the Archbishop Riordan Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Crusaders are ranked 65th).
When it comes to explaining why Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory lost, don't look at Michael Sargent. Despite the final result, he threw for 233 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. Chase Jenkins also helped out with an impressive 101 receiving yards.
Michael Mitchell Jr. was his usual excellent self, throwing for 276 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 49 yards for Archbishop Riordan. The dominant performance gave Mitchell Jr. a new career-high in rushing yards. Adonyae Brown also helped out as he racked up 140 rushing yards.
This is the second loss in a row for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Archbishop Riordan, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory will challenge Junipero Serra at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is facing Junipero Serra at the right time seeing as Junipero Serra is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Archbishop Riordan, they will take on St. Ignatius College Preparatory at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Archbishop Riordan's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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