A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Lake Catholic Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Elyria Catholic is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Benedictine on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Elyria Catholic had to suffer through a 42-9 loss at the hands of Benedictine. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 353rd, while the Bengals are ranked 61st).
Elyria Catholic's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Connor Petrus, who picked up 108 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Darrell Shumpert, who threw for 114 yards and a touchdown. An impressive showing, but Petrus really ramped things up playing D: he forced a fumble and made 11 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Lake Catholic put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Padua Franciscan 46-17 at home. Considering the Cougars have won five games by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Elyria Catholic dropped their record down to 1-6 with the loss, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lake Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
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