St. Joe’s Prep Takes Down La Salle in First Round of Playoffs

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Bailey Buffone | November 8, 2026

Today, the St. Joe’s Prep Hawks played the La Salle College High School Explorers in the first round of playoffs. The Prep took home a victory and will go further into playoffs. Earlier this season we watched both teams go up against each other with the Prep taking home a 13-3 victory. 

The first quarter was a back and forth battle with La Salle holding strong and not letting SJP pass to the end zone with the help from christopher Bernesky and Nicholas Stampone. But with only 2:14 left we saw JD Lipsky from La Salle makes a touchdown. Helping La Salle advance in the game and give them an early lead.

The 2nd quarter begins and SJP doesn’t give up the fight. SJP makes a punt return made by Colin Stoner and helps put points back on the board.

Heading into halftime the score was 7-7

After halftime, the Hawks continued to push, St. Joe’s Prep made a field goal, taking the lead 10-7. The outcome was beginning to shift, and the Prep was looking to hold and get a victory.

The fourth quarter was a battle with both teams wanting a win, Max Rogers found the end zone for the Hawks, advancing their lead to 17-7. The Prep held their ground, securing the victory and officially advancing to the next round of playoffs.

After the game I got to catch up with Jake Wilson a player at the prep. He told me as the team advances to playoffs it’s all about pushing yourself hard enough and making sure you can get one more week until the end and secure victory.

I also got to talk to another player from The Prep Sean Barth and we got to talk about the win and he told me it felt good to win but there was still things they needed to clean up and still more wins to come.

And with another win behind them, St. Joe’s Prep is ready to keep the playoff run going.