St. Mary will take on the Waco Christian Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Mary's is looking for their season's first victory.
St. Mary's is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 86-60 to Valor Preparatory Academy last Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in September (45), St. Mary's still had to take the loss.
St. Mary's might have lost, but man, Ty Zimmerhanzel was a machine: he rushed for 333 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, and also threw for 125 yards on only 11 passes. Zimmerhanzel's longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Even though they lost, St. Mary's was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 361 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 328 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last three games, Waco Christian finally came back down to earth on Friday. They took a blow against Grace Academy, falling 57-8. The Warriors' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
St. Mary's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Waco Christian, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
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