Mater Dei survives a scare vs. St. Frances Academy in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Playing its first home game of the year, after traveling more than 7,300 miles for its first five contests, St. Frances Academy (Maryland) put quite a scare into the nation’s top-ranked team, Friday night at Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood Field, before bowing to Mater Dei (California), 20-7. Both defenses were outstanding and it was Mater Dei’s defensive group which produced the game-winning points. Shortly after St. Frances scored its only points, on a short touchdown run by Nicholas Harris midway through the third quarter, tying the contest, 7-7, Mater Dei junior quarterback Chuck McDonald III scored on…