The St. Thomas More Sabers are taking a road trip to challenge the St. Anne Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with St. Thomas More sitting on six straight wins and St. Anne on four.
St. Thomas More will head into Saturday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 46-point they dealt Hutsonville/Palestine on Saturday. St. Thomas More never let Hutsonville/Palestine onto the board and left with a 46-0 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Sabers just coasted through the last quarter.
Meanwhile, St. Anne faced South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. St. Anne was the clear victor by a 38-16 margin over South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville. Considering the Cardinals have won six contests by more than 21 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
St. Anne was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 220 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
St. Thomas More's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for St. Anne, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 7-2.
St. Thomas More was dealt a bruising 59-28 loss at the hands of St. Anne in their previous meeting back in September. Can St. Thomas More avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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