FRIARS ANSWER EARLY WAKE-UP CALL

Dealing with the final waves of heavy rain, which deluged the area late this week, and a 9:30 am kickoff, Archbishop Curley and Cardinal Gibbons had a difficult time getting their offenses going in their MIAA B Conference football battle, which was postponed Friday night and moved from the muddy sod at Gibbons to the turf at St. Paul’s on Saturday. In the fourth quarter, however, Curley’s Terrance Dandriged scored a pair of touchdowns, one offensive and one defensive, to propel the Friars to a 14-0 victory.

With the drought over the rain finally clearing out, at the start of the fourth quarter, Curley ended its own drought as it scored a touchdown for the first time in seven quarters, when Dandridge broke free for a 28 yard touchdown run, to give the Friars (5-4, 4-2) a 7-0 lead. Dandridge then doubled his pleasure by picking off a pass and dashing 33 yards for the game’s second and final score.

At 4-2, Curley is tied for fourth in the B Conference with Boys’ Latin. Although both clubs remain alive in the chase for one the league’s top two positions (the top two teams advance to the MIAA A Conference championship game), each would need a lot of help to catch any of the leaders and overcome the tie-breakers.

Currently, St. Mary’s, St. Paul’s and two-time defending champion Archbishop Spalding sit at 5-1 at the top of the league.

Gibbons (2-7 overall), which played in the B Conference title game last year, fell to 2-5 in the conference this year.

Archbishop Curley 14, Cardinal Gibbons 0
AC – 0 – 0 – 0 – 14 -14
CG – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0

4th
AC–Dandridge 28 run (Peery kick)
AC–Dandridge 33 int. return (Peery kick)