The St. Patrick Shamrocks will face off against the Marion Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. St. Patrick will come into the game with an undefeated record on the line.
St. Patrick is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Michigan's top teams: Montabella, who was ranked third at the time (St. Patrick was ranked second). The Shamrocks put the hurt on the Mustangs with a sharp 42-16 victory on Friday. Considering the Shamrocks have won seven matchups by more than 25 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
St. Patrick's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Brady Leonard, who rushed for 131 yards and one score on only 11 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson King, who rushed for 78 yards and one TD.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something St. Patrick proved: they limited Montabella to a paltry 2.1 yards per carry. The team can thank Aiden Mosser for the heroic effort on defense: he. St. Patrick didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 6.7.
Aiden Mosser
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St. Patrick didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Leonard led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Mosser also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with 12. Charlie Thelen got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Marion's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They came up short against Kingston, falling 58-38.
St. Patrick's record is now 9-0. As for Marion, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.
St. Patrick strolled past Marion in their previous matchup back in October of 2017 by a score of 24-8. Do the Shamrocks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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