Football Friday: Cretin-Derham Hall at Woodbury

Both teams have put up impressive offensive numbers offensively this season—33.2 ppg. for the Raiders, 31.8 ppg. for the —but the Raiders also boast one of the stingiest defenses in the state in Class AAAAA, allowing just 8.0 points per game through six weeks. Top-ranked Eden Prairie (5.7 ppg.), Owatonna (8.0) and Mounds View (9.0) are the only other teams allowing fewer than 10 ppg.

Cretin-Derham Hall (6-0, 6-0 Suburban East Conference) scored an easy 35-6 win over Forest Lake; Woodbury (4-2, 4-2 SEC) .

Cretin-Derham Hall (Section 4AAAAA)

The Raiders are the top team in the section in the QRF ranking system used to determine playoff seeding. The Royals are a distant second in that system, and the only ones with even a remote chance to dislodge CDH from that top spot.

Woodbury (Section 4AAAAA)

A loss here doesn't hurt the Royals too much. If they win their final game next Wednesday against Forest Lake, they should get the No. 2 seed for the section playoffs and a first-round rematch with a Park team they routed 49-13 earlier this season.

Quran Al-Hameed (Woodbury, running back)

Al-Hameed tore up the Roseville defense to the tune of 235 yards and three touchdowns last Friday night.

Cam Maslonka (Woodbury, linebacker)

Maslonka suffered a separated shoulder in the Royals win over East Ridge on Sept. 23, and will return to action for the first time Friday.

Kendrik Brewster (Cretin-Derham Hall, running back)

Brewster ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns against Forest Lake, his fourth straight 100-yard game. He now has 624 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season.

Their defense can rise to the occasion. It's unrealistic to think Woodbury is going to hit its offensive average (31.8 ppg.) against a defense that's yielded just 48 points all season, which means the defense is going to have to keep the Raiders in the teens or 20s if the Royals are going to have a chance.

Their defense keeps doing what it's been doing. Hastings is the only team that's reached double digits against CDH so far, so while Woodbury has a nice array of offensive weapons, they haven't faced a defense of this caliber all season.

• Site: Woodbury High School
• Time: 7 p.m. Friday
• Weather Forecast: Mostly clear, 52 and windy
• Last Season: CDH 48, Woodbury 0

WOODBURY SCHEDULE

Sept. 2: STILLWATER 27, Woodbury 20
Sept. 9: WOODBURY 29, Hastings 23
Sept. 16: Woodbury 49, PARK 13
Sept. 23: WOODBURY 35, East Ridge 34 (2OT)
Sept. 30: WHITE BEAR LAKE 24, Woodbury 21
Oct. 7: WOODBURY 37, Roseville 24
Friday, Oct. 14 vs. Cretin-Derham Hall, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 19 at Forest Lake, 7 p.m.

CRETIN-DERHAM HALL SCHEDULE

Sept. 2: CRETIN-DERHAM HALL 27, East Ridge 0
Sept. 9: Cretin-Derham Hall 21, MOUNDS VIEW 9
Sept. 16: Cretin-Derham Hall 34, STILLWATER 7
Sept. 23: CRETIN-DERHAM HALL 27, Hastings 13
Sept. 30: CRETIN-DERHAM HALL 55, Park 7
Oct. 7: Cretin-Derham Hall 35, FOREST LAKE 6
Friday, Oct. 14 at Woodbury, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 19 vs. Roseville, 7 p.m.