St. Frances Academy (Maryland) ran for more than 210 yards in the first half in running past Chaminade-Madonna 42-13 at St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday night in the Broward County National Showcase finale.
The Panthers gashed the Lions’ defense for 318 total rushing yards as senior Jaylen Burke had 14 carries for 128 yards and junior Sa’Nir Brooks wound up with 12 for 128 yards. St. Frances Academy quarterback and Virginia commit Jae’Oyn Williams also chipped in with 6 carries for 71 yards.
The Chaminade-Madonna loss was its worst since 2016 when the Lions fell 43-0 to IMG Academy. Chaminade-Madonna entered the game as the No. 8 ranked team in the country according to MaxPreps.
St. Frances Academy seized a 7-0 lead on a 40-yard run down the left sideline with 4:46 left in the first quarter by junior Sa’Nir Brooks.
The Panthers stretched the lead to 14-0 with 10:02 left in the first half on a pick-6 by senior Khamri Bing, a Maryland commit, that covered 49 yards.
Chaminade-Madonna cut the deficit in half with 6:48 left in the first half when senior and FSU commit Jasen Lopez hauled in a 25-yard touchdown pass from freshman quarterback Malik Leonard.
The No. 5-ranked St. Frances Academy answered with a 7-yard QB keeper by Williams with 2:44 to go in the first half, capping 9-play, 80-yard drive and pushing the lead to 21-7.
Williams found senior WR Jesse Legree all alone in the flat and he did the rest on a 27-yard score on fourth-and-10 to extend the bulge to 28-7.
St. Frances Academy took the opening kickoff in the second half and drove 80 yards in nine plays, capped by a 35-yard scoring toss from Williams to Legree midway through the quarter.
The Panthers padded the lead on a 30-yard scoring toss from Carter Dailey to Samir Edwards to force a running clock and the Lions closed out the scoring on a 5-yrd TD pass from Tyler Chance to senior WR and Kentucky commit Denairius Gray in the closing seconds.
Chaminade-Madonna, which has been to nine consecutive state championship games, started last season dropping its first two games before running the table and winning 13 in a row and its third straight state title.
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