Iona Prep is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Central. The Iona Prep Gaels put the hurt on the Central Golden Eagles with a sharp 44-20 victory. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 30-6.
Iona Prep was led to victory by Julian Guzman and Crew Davis. Guzman threw for 293 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, while Davis gained 186 total yards and two touchdowns. Davis got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 57 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Iona Prep was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 413 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Central only gained 223.
Despite the loss, Central saw an underclassman step up: Jareth Staine threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns on only 16 passes. 120 of those passing yards were hauled in by Mattias Barbour.
The win got Iona Prep back to even at 1-1. As for Central, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
Iona Prep will welcome Bergen Catholic at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Iona Prep will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for Central, they will venture away from home to challenge Central Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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