The Central Catholic Buttons made easy work of the Long Creek Dragons on Friday and carried off a 41-20 victory. The result was nothing new for the Buttons, who have now won three games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Joseph Carreon was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 83 yards and one TD, and also picked up 41 receiving yards and one score.
Another reason for the win was Central Catholic's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Bradley Jones refused to say out of the backfield, picking up 1.5 sacks all by himself. Central Catholic got some further help from Zach Mehdi: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (2.5 for loss).
The win made it two in a row for Central Catholic and bumps their season record up to 5-3. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.0 points over those games. As for Long Creek, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Coming up, Central Catholic will face off against St. Pius X at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Long Creek, they will challenge Freeman at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Golden Eagles will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
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