Football Preview: Central Catholic Buttons vs. TMI-Episcopal Panthers
The Central Catholic Buttons will face off against the TMI-Episcopal Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.9 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Central Catholic was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 41-36 to St. Michael's.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Garrett Ticer and Nico Anderson. Anderson had a great game and threw for 394 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 15.2 yards per attempt. Meanwhile, Ticer was balling out in the loss, throwing for 335 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 54 yards and a touchdown.
Central Catholic wouldn't let St. Michael's keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Central Catholic can thank Louis Anthony Ortiz and Travis Dylla for forcing both of them. Dylla also made five total tackles, which is notable because Central Catholic is 3-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 1-2 otherwise.
Meanwhile, TMI-Episcopal was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They were dealt a 55-7 defeat at the hands of St. Pius X. The match marked TMI-Episcopal's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Central Catholic's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for TMI-Episcopal, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
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