Football Preview: Cornwall Central Dragons vs. Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors
The Cornwall Central Dragons will stay at home for another week and welcome the Our Lady of Lourdes Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cornwall Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Saugerties, posting a 41-0 win at home. With that victory, the Dragons brought their scoring average up to 28 points per game.
Cornwall Central had a senior duo take command as Quinn Pikarsky threw for 259 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes and Braden Murphy picked up 95 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Those 259 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Pikarsky. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Cerone, who picked up 104 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cornwall Central was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Our Lady of Lourdes strolled past Wallkill with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 66-48. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warriors.
Cornwall Central pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Our Lady of Lourdes, their victory bumped their record up to 2-4.
Everything came up roses for Cornwall Central against Our Lady of Lourdes in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as the squad secured a 47-8 win. Will Cornwall Central repeat their success, or does Our Lady of Lourdes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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