St. Stephen's & St. Agnes is on a five-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, and Saint John Paul the Great Catholic a seven-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Saturday. The St. Stephen's & St. Agnes Saints will welcome the Saint John Paul the Great Catholic Wolves at 1:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They and Sidwell Friends were almost perfectly matched up on Saturday, but the Saints suffered a 20-19 loss. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 276th in Virginia, while the Quakers are ranked 21st in District of Columbia).
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes' defeat came about despite a quality game from Gabe Murphy, who picked up 125 receiving yards and one score.
Meanwhile, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic fought the good fight in their overtime game against Christchurch School last Saturday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 49-48 to the Seahorses. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on October 3rd (31), the Wolves still had to take the loss.
Saint John Paul the Great Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for St. Stephen's & St. Agnes, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for St. Stephen's & St. Agnes against Saint John Paul the Great Catholic in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, as the squad secured a 36-0 victory. Do the Saints have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wolves turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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