Football Preview: Benedictine Bengals vs. Elyria Catholic Panthers
Benedictine has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to take on the Elyria Catholic Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Benedictine's defense has only allowed 15 points per game this season, so Elyria Catholic's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Benedictine is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 39 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Walsh Jesuit on Friday. They fell 20-12 to the Warriors. The Bengals haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Elyria Catholic had to endure a six-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. They snuck past St. Vincent-St. Mary with a 28-22 win on Friday.
The critical scores for Elyria Catholic came from Kylan Connors, Darrell Shumpert, Riley Edmondson, and Connor Lattea.
Elyria Catholic wouldn't let St. Vincent-St. Mary keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Elyria Catholic can thank Westyn Williams and Trent Merrell for forcing both of them. Williams also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Benedictine's loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Elyria Catholic, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-5.
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