The Central Catholic Buttons are taking a road trip to face off against the St. Michael's Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37 points per game this season.
Central Catholic took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Concordia Lutheran , sneaking past 20-18.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Central Catholic to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jeremy Burch, who picked up 117 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Jack Hall also helped out as he racked up 110 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, St. Michael's gave up the first points last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They took down St. Pius X 36-22. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
St. Michael's got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Nico Anderson out in front who threw for 319 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.9 yards per attempt, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. 156 of those passing yards were hauled in by Pierce Kovacs, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Michael's defense and their 6.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Miller Bohnsack and Danny Smith, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. Bohnsack also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Central Catholic's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-2. As for St. Michael's, their record is now 5-1.
Central Catholic strolled past St. Michael's in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 35-21. Will Central Catholic repeat their success, or does St. Michael's have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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