Lumen Christi beats St. Francis de Sales 43-28 in its last regular-season home game

JACKSON, Mich. — Jackson Lumen Christi played its final regular-season home game Friday, Oct. 9, and on paper it was the Titans’ most lopsided matchup of the fall. Lumen Christi, 5-1, hosted Toledo St. Francis de Sales, which was 1-6.

The Titans had scored 36.5 points a game and allowed 18.7, according to season figures posted by Prep Redzone. St. Francis de Sales had averaged fewer than 12 points and given up about 33 a game, according to the results posted by the school and MaxPreps.

Lumen Christi is chasing a fifth straight state title, and it came into the year as the reigning Division 6 champion. It has spent much of the fall playing bigger schools on purpose. The one loss came Sept. 25, when Toledo Central Catholic, last season’s Division III runner-up in Ohio, won 49-7 at Lumen Christi.

The Titans answered with a 45-10 homecoming win over Detroit U of D Jesuit on Oct. 2 in a Catholic League divisional game, JTV Sports reported. A week before the Central Catholic loss, they beat Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 40-10.

MLive has credited a rushing attack led by Ayden Gatewood and a passing game built on quarterback Benny Gaston’s connection with Wes Learned.

St. Francis de Sales had lost 46-19 to Birmingham Brother Rice the week before. On Sept. 25, the Knights held Warren De La Salle to 17 points but managed only a safety in a 17-2 home loss.

Updated Oct. 12, 2026: Lumen Christi won 43-28, MaxPreps results show, and is 6-1. It plays Detroit Country Day on Oct. 16 and Dearborn Divine Child on Oct. 23. St. Francis de Sales is 1-7. Correction: An earlier version of this story said St. Francis de Sales was winless at 0-7 and had averaged 7 points a game. The Knights beat Toledo Waite in their Aug. 21 opener, according to the school’s posted results and MaxPreps, and were 1-6 going into this game. The headline and summary have been corrected. Records above are as of the week of the game.

Updated Oct. 13, 2026: The headline and summary were changed to report the result of the game this story previewed.

Sources:
St. Francis de Sales School, Knights varsity football schedule and results, https://www.sfsknights.org/athletics/fall-sports/football
MaxPreps, Lumen Christi Catholic Titans 2026 football schedule and results, https://www.maxpreps.com/mi/jackson/lumen-christi-catholic-titans/football/schedule/
JTV Sports, “Week 6 HS Football Scores,” Oct. 2, 2026, https://jtv.tv/week-6-hs-football-scores-2/
Prep Redzone, “Lumen Christi vs St. Francis de Sales – October 9, 2026”, https://prepredzone.com/game/mi/lumen-christi-vs-st-francis-de-sales-october-9-2026/
MLive, “Check out the latest Jackson-area football Power Rankings,” September 2026, https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2026/09/check-out-the-latest-jackson-area-football-power-rankings.html
MLive, “Check out the Jackson-area Week 5 football picks,” September 2026, https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2026/09/check-out-the-jackson-area-week-5-football-picks.html
JTV, “Lumen Christi Faces Another Tough Schedule; Looks to Win Historic 5th Straight Title”, https://jtv.tv/lumen-christi-faces-another-tough-schedule-looks-to-win-historic-5th-straight-title/
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