Football Preview: River Pilots vs. Catholic Central Crusaders
The River Pilots will face off against the Catholic Central Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
River is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 39 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Frontier on Friday. They and the Cougars were almost perfectly matched up, but they suffered a 7-6 loss.
Meanwhile, Catholic Central and Carrick met for a duel on Saturday where Catholic Central prevailed. Catholic Central came out on top against Carrick by a score of 26-18.
Catholic Central had a senior duo take command as Jimmy Hernon rushed for 105 yards and three touchdowns and Tommy Pergi rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Hernon is now averaging an impressive 100.4 rushing yards per game.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Catholic Central's defense and their four sacks. Peyton Rauch was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more sacks the last three times he's played.
River's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Catholic Central, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Everything came up roses for River against Catholic Central when the teams last played back in September of 2020, as the team secured a 42-14 victory. Does River have another victory up their sleeve, or will Catholic Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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