Football Recap: Lukas Gerovac's Menacing Defense Leads Central Valley over North Catholic

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Previous 5 Games

10/03/25 - Away	34-28 W
10/04/24 - Home	46-38 W
11/27/21 - Neutral	52-15 W
09/13/19 - Away	35-14 W
09/14/18 - Home	13-14 L

If North Catholic wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Central Valley, they should've done a better job of containing Aaron Lawson. The Warriors snuck past the Trojans with a 34-28 victory on Friday with plenty of help from Lawson, who picked up 79 receiving yards, and also rushed for 45 yards. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making seven total tackles and defending two passes.

On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Central Valley's defense and their six sacks. North Catholic's QB won't forget Lukas Gerovac anytime soon given he sacked him three times. Central Valley got some further help from Ethan Shearer: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss).

Central Valley has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 35.0 points over those games. As for North Catholic, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-2.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Central Valley will face off against rival Quaker Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, North Catholic is set to square off against their familiar foe Beaver at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.