It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Central can now relate to. They took a blow against the Cardinal Ritter College Prep Lions on Friday, falling 56-14. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri football rankings (they are ranked 37th, while the Lions are ranked third).
Leading Cardinal Ritter College Prep to victory were Carson (Cart'Dawg) Boyd and Manny Ellis. Boyd threw for 307 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85% of his passes, while Ellis rushed for 226 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. Those 226 rushing yards gave Ellis a new career-high. Dj Miller was Boyd's top target, picking up 132 receiving yards and a touchdown.
With the loss, Central broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 10-2. As for Cardinal Ritter College Prep, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
Central does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cardinal Ritter College Prep, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Lafayette. Both have allowed few points on average, (Cardinal Ritter College Prep: 13.6, Lafayette: 10.8) so any points scored will be well earned.
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