Dallas Jesuit made the long trip down I-45 to Houston to play a friendly in the Bishops Cup against St. Thomas, and in a very physical clash, it was the Dallas team that came out on top, 21-17.

St. Thomas was missing four starters, but battled hard nonetheless, while Jesuit was resilient, patient, and disciplined in their approach.

Junior openside flanker Griffin Maat opened the scoring early on, running in from seven meters out. St. Thomas captain and No. 8 Josh Pane then stipped the ball from a Jesuit runner, and set off 50 meters for another St. Thomas try. Flyhalf Riley Bishop added the extras for a 12-0 lead. 

But Dallas worked thier way back, getting two penalty goals from scrumhalf Dane Bender to make it 12-6 at halftime.

Once again, though, the St. Thomas team got over the line, as junior Sam Yeboah, making his first start at loosehead prop after being moved from lock due to injuries, busted through the line from five meters out to score. That made it 17-6, but St. Thomas would be held out of the scoring from then on.

Jesuit responded quickly, getting into the St. Thomas half and earning a penalty which Bender put over. Then Ryan Black ran in from ten meters out, and suddenly it was 17-14. 

Then senior Jesuit center Emmit Flood scored on a beautiful run past several St. Thomas defenders, and Bender converted, making it 21-17 to Jesuit with eight minutes left. Jesuit held on from there.

With an abbreviated bench, Jesuit did very well to come back. Jesuit Coach Anthony Mattachione said the entire squad needed to play well, and did, but added that Flood, Bender, center Christian Schoebert, and flanker Jimmy Patterson were key to the comeback. Yeboah was named the St. Thomas player of the game for his effective ball running and work in the scrums, while Patterson was named player of the game for Jesuit.