Former No. 1 high school football team in country suffers second straight upset

Posted by Admin October 17, 2026 NFL

Last week, St. Frances Academy (MD) lost its top spot in the Super 25 rankings after a 28-20 home loss to The St. James Academy (VA).

This week, the No. 9 Panthers took a road trip to New Jersey to face a Hun School (4-3) many people likely expected to be a get-right game.

However, the Raiders had other plans.

Led by a pair of touchdown passes from 2028 four-star Indiana commit Lukas Prock and a standout defensive performance, Hun defended its home field in a 14-9 defensive slugfest.

Prock and the Raiders struck first in the opening quarter. After a long drive, Prock connected with JD Teza for a 17-yard touchdown to open the scoring.

St. Frances Academy’s offense struggled to get anything going all afternoon but managed to tack on a field goal in the second quarter, making it a four-point game going into the half.

Prock, the East Region First-Team ALL-USA quarterback, made it an 11-point lead late in the third quarter. He lobbed an eight-yard pass to Amir Cooper in the corner of the end zone, putting the Raiders up 14-3 with 30 seconds remaining in the quarter.

St. Frances Academy refused to go down without a fight.

The Panthers marched down the field and scored their first and only touchdown on a 26-yard pass. However, they failed to convert the two-point conversion, and Hun’s Tommy Douglas recovered the ensuing onside kick to secure the win for the Raiders.

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