The Central Catholic Raiders will head out to take on the Patterson Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Patterson took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Central Catholic, who comes in off a win.
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 Saturday. They walked away with a 41-28 win over Bishop Manogue. The Raiders pushed the score to 27-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Miners cut but never quite recovered from.
Central Catholic's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Joey Alcutt led the charge by rushing for 148 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Alcutt got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 78 yards. Another rusher making a difference was Carter Meeks, who rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Central Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 302 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Patterson entered their game against Vacaville on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Patterson received a blow as they fell 31-14 to Vacaville.
Despite the loss, Patterson got top-tier performance from Max Medina, who rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and also threw for 181 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Medina a new career-high in rushing yards.
Patterson wouldn't let Vacaville keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Cj Medina led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself.
The victory got Central Catholic back to even at 2-2. As for Patterson, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Central Catholic has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 215 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Patterson has preferred to attack from the air: they average 304 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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