St. Paul has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. After each having a week off, they and the Servite Friars will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
St. Paul lost 38-14 to Los Alamitos two weeks ago.
Despite the loss, St. Paul had strong showings from Gabriel Castaneda, who threw for 204 yards and two touchdowns, and Kalai Benavente, who picked up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Castaneda a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Servite put another one in the bag two weeks ago to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Notre Dame (SO) 38-17. Given the Friars' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Knights are ranked 81st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Quaid Carr continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 141 yards and two touchdowns. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: he posted at least 141 rushing yards in the third games prior. Allen "Cinco" Kennett V also deserves a shout-out for his two touchdowns.
Servite wouldn't let Notre Dame (SO) keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Servite can thank Elijah Rincon and Isaiah Leilua for forcing both of them. Leilua also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight. Tomas Cernius was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks, making four total tackles (3.0 for loss), and making four total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Servite was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 224 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
St. Paul's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Servite, their record now sits at 4-0.
St. Paul suffered a grim 34-13 defeat to Servite in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Servite's Leo Hannan, who threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Now that St. Paul knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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