On Friday Carrollwood Day will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Carrollwood Day is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 42-18 margin over Victory Christian Academy. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Storm are ranked 270th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Clearwater Central Catholic). They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 64-14 victory over Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-8.
It was another big night for Jershaun Newton, who threw for 195 yards and three touchdowns while completing 93.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Clearwater Central Catholic also got a significant boost from Nasir Hutchinson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 96 yards.
Clearwater Central Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 293 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Clearwater Central Catholic 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 Gedontae Rich.
Carrollwood Day's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 44.3 points per game. As for Clearwater Central Catholic, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-2.
Carrollwood Day came up short against Clearwater Central Catholic in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 45-41. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Newton, who rushed for 164 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 295 yards and a touchdown while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt. Now that Carrollwood Day knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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