Football Preview: Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays vs. Pender Pendragons
The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays will stay at home for another week and welcome the Pender Pendragons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Guardian Angels Central Catholic knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past eight games -- so hopefully Pender likes a good challenge.
Last Friday, Guardian Angels Central Catholic was fully in charge, breezing past Tri County Northeast 46-6 at home. The Bluejays might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Guardian Angels Central Catholic wouldn't let Tri County Northeast keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Guardian Angels Central Catholic can thank Dominic Johnson and Jordan Timmerman for forcing both of them. Timmerman also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Guardian Angels Central Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 255 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Pender ended up a good deal behind Wisner-Pilger on Friday and lost 38-19.
Pender might have lost, but man, Owen Kneifl was a machine: he rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns.
Pender didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Reece Heineman and Alex Roth.
Guardian Angels Central Catholic's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. As for Pender, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3.
Thursday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Guardian Angels Central Catholic has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 294.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Pender struggles in that department as they've been averaging 233.6. It's looking like Thursday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Everything went Guardian Angels Central Catholic's way against Pender in their previous matchup on October 4th, as Guardian Angels Central Catholic made off with a 34-14 win. In that matchup, Guardian Angels Central Catholic amassed a halftime lead of 20-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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