FOCUS ON HOMECOMING

Coming off an unprecedented victory for the Raider program against the Deerfield Beach Bucks, Aquinas (6-0, 2-0) faces the South Broward Bulldogs (4-3, 2-1) in a pivotal District 16-5A game  at Brian Piccolo Stadium.  

The Raiders continue to climb to the top of the national polls after their stunning, 65-10, blowout win last week versus the Bucks in the nationally showcased game.  The Aquinas defense and offense played great and the special teams made a huge play to set up the Raider's first touchdown.  But the only way to continue their success is for St. Thomas to focus on their next opponent, not to continue to celebrate a past victory.  In other words, the only way to stop talking about the Deerfield win is to stop talking about it... effective now.

This week's game is part of homecoming week which features many distractions for the undefeated St. Thomas team.  Their focus should only be on this week's opponent-South Broward which started the season slowly by losing 3 of their first 4 games, but has played up to their preseason predictions as of late.

The Bulldogs look to extend their current three game victory streak, while the Raiders go after their 16th consecutve win and 48th consecutive district victory in this game.

Too much for South Broward to overcome to pull off the upset of the Raiders, St. Thomas locks up the Bulldogs before a homecoming crowd.

Raider Press Box Prediction: Raiders by 21