St. Francis Visits Cardinal Mooney in Friday High School Football Showdown
The short version
- St. Francis (3-0) plays at Cardinal Mooney (3-2) on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown.
- Game airs live on MyYTV, WKBN.com, the WKBN App and WKBN+.
- St. Francis QB Trent Buttles: 76.4% completion rate, 667 yards, 10 TDs, one interception.
- Mooney is 11-1 in its last 12 home games; its two losses this season came by a combined seven points.
- The last meeting, Oct. 1, 2010, ended in a 42-0 Mooney win.
The 3-0 St. Francis Raiders travel from Hamburg, New York, to face the 3-2 Cardinal Mooney Cardinals at Stambaugh Stadium in Youngstown on Friday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.
St. Francis of Hamburg, New York, travels to Youngstown, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 25, for a 7 p.m. kickoff against Cardinal Mooney at Stambaugh Stadium. The matchup is WKBN's High School Football Game of the Week, airing live on MyYTV and streaming on WKBN.com, the WKBN App and WKBN+.
The Raiders enter at 3-0 after a 41-0 win over Bishop Timon last Saturday. According to the game notes, it is the program's first 3-0 start since 2021, and a win Friday would give St. Francis its best opening stretch since 2004, when the team began 4-0 after beating St. Ignatius 28-13 on Sept. 25 of that year.
Senior quarterback Trent Buttles has powered the St. Francis offense. He has completed 42 of 55 passes, a 76.4% rate, for 667 yards and 10 touchdowns against one interception. The ground game runs by committee, with Tyrone Clark Jr. (213 rushing yards), Domonic Cook Jr. (159) and Buttles (142) leading the team.
Cardinal Mooney comes in at 3-2 following a 34-0 shutout of Buchtel this past Saturday. Both of the Cardinals' losses have been close — a two-point defeat to Garfield Heights and a five-point loss to Steubenville, a combined margin of seven points. Mooney has also been strong at home, going 11-1 in its last 12 games at Stambaugh Stadium dating to Sept. 21, 2024.
Team statistics listed with the game show St. Francis averaging 42.7 points per game on offense to Mooney's 29.4, while Mooney's scoring defense has allowed 14.8 points per game to St. Francis's 12.7.
The programs last met on Oct. 1, 2010, when Mooney won 42-0, holding St. Francis to 140 yards of total offense. The Raiders have not faced a Mahoning Valley team since that game, with recent schedules featuring Erie-area opponents McDowell, Erie and Cathedral Prep, plus Ohio schools including St. Ignatius, Steubenville, Dover, Lake Catholic, Benedictine and Walsh Jesuit.
After Friday, St. Francis continues on the road Oct. 3 at Canisius (1-2) before home games against Erie (2-2) on Oct. 9 and at McDowell (3-1) on Oct. 16.
Cardinal Mooney hosts Benedictine (4-1) on Oct. 2, then travels to face Harding (2-3) on Oct. 9 and St. Vincent-St. Mary (1-4) on Oct. 16.
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