Football Game Preview: Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers vs. Heritage Panthers

By Team Reports Oct 29, 2024, 1:01am

Football Preview: Melbourne Central Catholic Hustlers vs. Heritage Panthers

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Melbourne Central Catholic has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Heritage Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Melbourne Central Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Orlando Christian Prep by a score of 51-42 on Friday.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Melbourne Central Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brogan Mcnab, who rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 193 yards and a touchdown while completing 72.2% of his passes. With that strong performance, Mcnab is now averaging an impressive 102 rushing yards per game. Howard Dewitt was another key back, gaining 159 total yards and two touchdowns.

Melbourne Central Catholic wouldn't let Orlando Christian Prep keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Ezra Engle, Ramel Hernandez, and Matheus Brunetta picked up one apiece. Engle has been hot , having also posted at least one forced fumble the last five times he's played. Another thorn in Orlando Christian Prep's side was Vance Sanger, who picked up 1.5 sacks and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Heritage duked it out withMartin County on Friday. Heritage blew past Martin County, posting a 35-7 win. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won four matches by 28 points or more so far this season.

Melbourne Central Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Heritage, their victory bumped their record up to 4-5.

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