The Monarch Knights will welcome the Piper Bengals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Monarch and St. Thomas Aquinas met for a duel on Friday where Monarch had to take the L. Monarch took a blow against St. Thomas Aquinas, falling 44-6. The contest marked the Knights' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, Piper put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Plantation by a score of 14-7. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Bengals were the (much) better team in the second half.
Piper didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jefferson Saintcius, Jahmani Chin-Suer, and Antrell Mcwhirter picked up one apiece. Chin-Suer is also crushing it when it comes to defended passes: he's defended at least one every time he's taken the field this season. Piper got some further help from Thomas James: he picked up a sack and made five total tackles (4.0 for loss).
This is the second loss in a row for Monarch and nudges their season record down to 4-3. As for Piper, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0.
Monarch took their victory against Piper in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 32-6. Will Monarch repeat their success, or does Piper have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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