Hempfield Area is 0-5 against Central Catholic since September of 2016 but things could change on Friday. The Hempfield Area Spartans will be playing at home against the Central Catholic Vikings at 7:00 p.m.
Hempfield Area is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against North Allegheny on Friday. Hempfield Area was dealt a 42-14 loss at the hands of North Allegheny. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Tigers are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Central Catholic). They blew past Mt. Lebanon 59-7 at home on Friday. With the Vikings ahead 52-7 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Jy'Aire Walls was his usual excellent self, rushing for 32 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 215 yards and a touchdown while completing 81.3% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Elijah Faulkner was another key player, rushing for 59 yards and two touchdowns.
Central Catholic's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Dominic Perella and Colsen Gatten.
Hempfield Area's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Central Catholic, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-2.
Hempfield Area was dealt a bruising 35-0 loss at the hands of Central Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Thankfully for Hempfield Area, Antonio Pitts (who rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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