The Catholic Central Crusaders have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the River Pilots at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Catholic Central will be strutting in after a win while River will be coming in after a loss.
Catholic Central and Carrick met for a duel on Saturday where Catholic Central prevailed. Catholic Central walked away with a 26-18 victory over Carrick.
Catholic Central had a senior duo take command as Jimmy Hernon rushed for 105 yards and three touchdowns and Tommy Pergi rushed for 99 yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Hernon is now averaging an impressive 100.4 rushing yards per game.
Catholic Central didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Kyran Busic.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 39 points the game before, River was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They and Frontier were almost perfectly matched up, but River suffered a 7-6 defeat.
Catholic Central's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for River, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Catholic Central took a serious blow against River when the teams last played back in September of 2020, falling 42-14. Can Catholic Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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