The St. John's Catholic Prep Vikings will venture away from home to challenge the Boys Latin Lakers at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. St. John's Catholic Prep has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with eight straight losses, while Boys Latin will come in with four straight victories.
St. John's Catholic Prep is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Pallotti on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Vikings were dealt a 50-12 defeat at the hands of the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland football rankings (they are ranked 161st, while the Panthers are ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Boys Latin). They put the hurt on John Carroll with a sharp 35-14 win on Friday.
St. John's Catholic Prep better keep an eye on Joey Keller. He was instrumental in Boys Latin's win, throwing for 217 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Keller a new career-high in passer rating (160.4). A healthy portion of Keller's aerial production (104 yards to be exact) went to Cooper Monroe, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Boys Latin's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. Cameron Frank was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two sacks himself.
Boys Latin now has a winning record of 5-4. As for St. John's Catholic Prep, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
St. John's Catholic Prep came up short against Boys Latin in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, falling 32-22. Can the Vikings avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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