Category: News

#1 Moore Catholic (6-4) vs. #4 Xavier (7-3) When: Saturday November 11th, 2023 @1pm Where: Moore Catholic HS Campus (100 Merrill Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314) Previous Meeting: Moore Catholic, 27-7, on September 30th (Week #4) Overview: Can the Mavericks be denied a third straight trip to the AA-1 finals?  The easy answer is that our magic 8-ball suggests that “Outlook Not so Good”; but if any program was going to be the ones to stop the train in its tracks, our pick would have been Xavier…So this rematch from week #4 actually does have us intrigued! Victors in five of their past six outings (only loss to AAA semifinalist, Iona Prep) after getting off to a 1-3 start to the fall, there was never any real doubt that when November rolled around, we had full expectation that Giannatasio’s herd would very much be in the title picture!! Likely not

#1 Archbishop Stepinac (8-2) vs. #5 Cardinal Hayes (8-2) When: Saturday November 11th, 2023 @1:30pm Where: Archbishop Stepinac HS Campus (950 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, NY 10605) Watch: LocalLive (Stepinac Page) Previous Meeting: Cardinal Hayes, 33-28, on October 1st (Week #4) Overview: A back-and-forth game that went down to the wire when the two prestigious programs met in week #4, the top-seeds out of White Plains [Stepinac] were driving late in the contest and had advanced the ball inside the opposing 10-yard line when a 4th down pass attempt into the end zone fell incomplete in the last 24 ticks to spoil the comeback bid! We anticipate the rematch this Saturday to be every bit as good as its predecessor as both the Crusaders and the Cardinals enter the afternoon playing their best football of 2023, as the former [AS] have not tasted defeat since that loss and are riding

#1 Moore Catholic (5-4) vs. #8 St. Francis Prep (2-7) When: Saturday November 4th, 2023 @Noon Where: Moore Catholic HS Campus (100 Merrill Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314) Previous Meeting: “First Meeting of 2023” Overview: Bridesmaids in each of the past two seasons to schools that have since been elevated to the Triple-A division, 2023 is very much shaping up to be the year that the Mavericks claim their fourth Metro Catholic Crown in school history (first since 2019)…. Their win/loss record slightly misleading when you consider that all three blemishes were to either out-of-state foes or NYCHSFL triple-A title contenders (Monsignor Farrell & Iona Prep), the “Merrill Avenue Mafia” is cooking with gasoline on both sides of the ball as become apparent when they strung together four consecutive victories between weeks 4-7 (including back-to-back shutouts over Chaminade and St. John the Baptist)…. Incorporating a very balanced attack on the

#1 Archbishop Stepinac (7-2) vs. #8 Chaminade (1-7) When: Friday November 3rd, 2023 @7pm Where: Archbishop Stepinac HS Campus (950 Mamaroneck Ave, White Plains, NY 10605) Watch: LocalLive (Stepinac page) Previous Meeting: Stepinac 42-21 on October 21st (Week #7) Overview: Semifinalists or better (crowns in 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018) in every season since 2013, the top-seeded Crusaders were on fire during the regular season homestretch, winning their final four appearances, including a statement-making 56-35 triumph last weekend over the defending NYCHSFL and Catholic State Champion Friars of St. Anthony’s….Hence, to say that they are primed to make a deep run into the postseason is a major understatement!! With embarrassments of riches on both sides of the ball, it will be a test between the two units to see which side can be the ones to steal the show…. When Stepinac played the visiting Flyers during week #7, it was