Football Preview: Cathedral Fighting Irish vs. Warren Central Warriors
On Friday Cathedral will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Warren Central Warriors at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Cathedral is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Roncalli, who was ranked 24th in their home state at the time (Cathedral was ranked fourth). Cathedral breezed by Roncalli at home to the tune of 35-6 on Friday. The Fighting Irish pushed the score to 20-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Royals had little chance of recovering from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cathedral to victory, but perhaps none more so than Albren Johnson, who picked up 103 receiving yards and a touchdown. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 83 yards.
Cathedral wouldn't let Roncalli keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Cathedral can thank Aiden Flournoy and Gannon Knowles for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last match, Warren Central made sure to put some points up on the board against Carmel on Friday. Warren Central simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Carmel 32-3 at home. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 25-3.
KENDALL GARNETT III went supernova for Warren Central, rushing for 110 yards and a touchdown. AIRIC HESTER did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 89 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Warren Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Cathedral pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Warren Central, their record now sits at 7-1.
Cathedral couldn't quite finish off Warren Central in their previous meeting back in August of 2014 and fell 20-17. Can Cathedral avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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