The Bishop's Knights are taking a road trip to take on the Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bishop's is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 49-20 victory over Mt. Carmel.
Meanwhile, Mater Dei Catholic came tearing into last Friday's contest with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 47-14 win over the Red Devils. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Red Devils are ranked 618th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Kartell Purvis and Zaryan Crews. Purvis had a great game and threw for 241 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, Crews was balling out in the loss, rushing for 186 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
Mater Dei Catholic didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jordan Dumaran and Javon Jackson. With that strong performance, Jackson is now averaging an impressive 5.4 total tackles per game.
Bishop's is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40.8 points. As for Mater Dei Catholic, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3.
Everything came up roses for Bishop's against Mater Dei Catholic when the teams last played back in September of 2019, as the squad secured a 71-42 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Mater Dei Catholic's Aiden Calvert, who rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, and also picked up 44 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Bishop's to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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