Central is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Iona Prep. The Central Golden Eagles lost 44-20 to the Iona Prep Gaels. The Golden Eagles were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 30-6.
Despite the defeat, Central saw an underclassman step up: Jareth Staine threw for 223 yards and two touchdowns on only 16 passes. 120 of those passing yards were hauled in by Mattias Barbour.
Iona Prep was led to victory by Julian Guzman and Crew Davis. Guzman threw for 293 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt, while Davis gained 186 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Central's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1. As for Iona Prep, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
Central will venture away from home to challenge Central Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road dating back to last season. As for Iona Prep, they will square off against Bergen Catholic at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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