You can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Saint Mary's strategy against St. Patrick-St. Vincent on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Saint Mary's Panthers blew the St. Patrick-St. Vincent Bruins out of the water with a 42-7 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
One reason for the win was Saint Mary's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 10.5 sacks. Leading the way was Joseph Bryant with 4.5.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Saint Mary's was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 341 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Saint Mary's now has a winning record of 2-1. As for St. Patrick-St. Vincent, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Saint Mary's will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Arroyo at 1:00 p.m. As for St. Patrick-St. Vincent, they will head out on the road to square off against Berean Christian at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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