The Lafayette Central Catholic Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lafayette Central Catholic comes in on nine and Fort Wayne Bishop Luers on four.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Lafayette Central Catholic had no problem doing just that on Friday. Everything went their way against LaVille as Lafayette Central Catholic made off with a 22-0 win. The result was nothing new for Lafayette Central Catholic, who have now won eight matchups by 22 points or more so far this season.
The critical scores for Lafayette Central Catholic came from Jackson Cain, Alex Hardebeck, and Nick Page.
The team won by holding LaVille to a paltry 160 yards. A big part of that defensive dominance came down to Lafayette Central Catholic's ability to keep the quarterback under pressure: the team laid the passer out three times before it was all said and done. Leading the way was Albert Schwartz and his two sacks.
Meanwhile, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers beat Bluffton 15-7 on Friday.
Lafayette Central Catholic has yet to lose a contest at home this season, leaving them with a 10-3 record. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.5 points per game. As for Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, their win bumped their record up to 10-3.
