Football Preview: Casey-Westfield Warriors vs. Althoff Catholic Crusaders
Two dominant backs in Luke Karras and Dierre Hill Jr are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Casey-Westfield Warriors will challenge the Althoff Catholic Crusaders at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Casey-Westfield sitting on three straight wins and Althoff Catholic on 11.
Casey-Westfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Brown County a 16-0 shutout. The 16-point effort marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The critical scores for Casey-Westfield came from Ryan Richards and Nolan Clement.
Meanwhile, everything went Althoff Catholic's way against Carrollton on Saturday as Althoff Catholic made off with a 43-21 victory. Considering the Crusaders have won nine contests by more than 21 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Jayden Ellington continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 26 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 90 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Hill Jr, who rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown.
Althoff Catholic didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Stephen Ache and Xavier Chapman.
Althoff Catholic pushed their record up to 11-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.0 points per game. As for Casey-Westfield, their victory bumped their record up to 10-1.
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