Cathedral Prep has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the DuBois Beavers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cathedral Prep will be strutting in after a victory while DuBois will be coming in after a loss.
Cathedral Prep's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with a 7-0 win over Farrell. Given the Ramblers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 62nd, while the Steelers are ranked 200th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cathedral Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 251 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, DuBois suffered their biggest defeat since August 23rd on Friday. They lost 49-28 to Hollidaysburg. The Beavers haven't had much luck with the Golden Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
The losing side was boosted by Trey Wingard, who threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 46 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Cathedral Prep's victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for DuBois, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-3.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Cathedral Prep has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 175.6 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, DuBois has preferred to attack from the air: they average 267.6 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Everything came up roses for Cathedral Prep against DuBois in their previous matchup back in September of 2015, as the squad secured a 63-13 win. In that match, Cathedral Prep amassed a halftime lead of 56-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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