St. Joseph Regional (Montvale, N.J.) at St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)What to watch: St. Edward could improve its standing in the national-championship picture with a win Saturday. The Eagles (2-0) are fifth in this week's Xcellent 25 and landed in second place in the MaxPreps Top 25 Composite Rankings. Senior quarterback
Brett Kean (a South Florida commit) broke St. Edward's all-time record for touchdown passes in a 4
7-7 blowout of Glenville (Cleveland) last week. Kean had three in the game to up his career total to 35. In its first game with Augie Hoffman as head coach, St. Joseph Regional picked up a
31-18 road win against defending Maryland Independent Athletic Association champion McDonogh (Owings Mills). Junior running back
John Giles-Harris led the Green Knights with 100 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
Just the facts: SJR's win against McDonogh was its second versus a Maryland opponent in as many seasons. The Green Knights hammered DeMatha (Hyattsville), 42-14, in 2013. … This is the first of two games St. Edward has scheduled against New Jersey opponents this year. The Eagles will travel to Palisades Park to take on Bergen Catholic (Oradell, N.J.) in two weeks.
Mitch Stephens: St. Edward 35, St. Joseph Regional 28
Kevin Askeland: St. Edward 28, St. Joseph Regional 14
Jamie DeMoney: St. Edward 30, St. Joseph Regional 17
Stephen Spiewak: St. Joseph Regional 21, St. Edward 20
Leland Gordon: St. Edward 35, St. Joseph Regional 21
Colin Ward-Henninger: St. Edward 21, St. Joseph Regional 17
