Football Preview: Camp Point Central Panthers vs. Routt Catholic/Lutheran
Camp Point Central is 5-0 against Routt Catholic/Lutheran since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Camp Point Central Panthers will venture away from home to square off against Routt Catholic/Lutheran at 1:00 p.m. Both have allowed few points on average, (Camp Point Central: 6.8, Routt Catholic/Lutheran: 10.2) so any points scored will be well earned.
Routt Catholic/Lutheran is hoping to do what Brown County couldn't on Friday: put an end to Camp Point Central's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Camp Point Central strolled past Brown County with points to spare, taking the game 30-14.
Camp Point Central's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Konnor Bush led the charge by rushing for 86 yards and a touchdown. Those 86 rushing yards gave Bush a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Camp Point Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 359 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in 18 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, while Routt Catholic/Lutheran put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Unity/Seymour. Routt Catholic/Lutheran blew past Unity/Seymour 44-0 on the road. Routt Catholic/Lutheran might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 33 points or more this season.
The critical scores for Routt Catholic/Lutheran came from Eli Olson, Kellen Creviston, Samuel Long, Charlie Alan, Trey Gause, and Jace Lautemann.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Routt Catholic/Lutheran's defense and their eight sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Gause. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.2 sacks per game.
Camp Point Central's record is now 4-1. As for Routt Catholic/Lutheran, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 4-1.
The upcoming game will be a clash of competing strengths. Camp Point Central has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 341.8 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Routt Catholic/Lutheran has preferred to attack from the air: they average 295 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Saturday? There's only one way to find out.
Everything came up roses for Camp Point Central against Routt Catholic/Lutheran when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 53-6 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Camp Point Central since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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