The Rocky River Pirates will square off against the Central Catholic Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Rocky River sitting on four straight wins and Central Catholic on five.
Rocky River is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Buckeye by a score of 48-41.
Joey Disalvo
| 11/14/25 vs Buckeye | 72 |
| 10/10/24 vs Westlake | 60 |
| 09/20/24 vs Lakewood | 55 |
| 08/23/24 @ Harvey | 55 |
| 08/31/24 @ John Marshall | 50 |
Rocky River can attribute much of their success to Joey Disalvo, who rushed for 72 yards on only six carries, and also caught one score. Those 72 rushing yards gave Disalvo a new career-high.
Disalvo was just one part of a punishing run game: Rocky River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Wapakoneta typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Central Catholic proved too difficult a challenge. They blew past the Redskins 41-7. Considering the Fighting Irish have won eight games by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Rocky River's victory bumped their record up to 11-2. As for Central Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 9-4.
Rocky River lost to Central Catholic at home by a decisive 37-23 margin in their previous meeting back in November of 2015. Will the Pirates have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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