St. Joseph Regional is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Archbishop Stepinac. The St. Joseph Regional Green Knights blew past the Archbishop Stepinac Crusaders 43-0 on the road. The Green Knights' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
A big part of St. Joseph Regional's win came down to the chemistry between Lamar Best and his top target Nathan Bailey. Best threw for 227 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes while Bailey gained 119 total yards and three touchdowns. St. Joseph Regional also got help from Mekhi Rossignol, who showed off his sure hands for 90 receiving yards.
When it comes to explaining why Archbishop Stepinac lost, don't look at John Smith. Despite the final result, he rushed for 133 yards on only ten carries.
The victory made it two in a row for St. Joseph Regional and bumps their season record up to 2-1. As for Archbishop Stepinac, they are on a four-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.
St. Joseph Regional will host Paramus Catholic at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Archbishop Stepinac, they will be playing at home against Iona Prep at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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