On Friday, Cathedral faced Center Grove in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Cathedral Fighting Irish secured a 49-45 W over the Center Grove Trojans. This was payback for the Fighting Irish, who suffered a 45-38 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Xavier Dangerfield continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 196 yards and three touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 141 rushing yards dating back to last season. Cameron Koers was another key player, throwing for 255 yards and two touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes.
Cathedral didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Aden Chase, Jack Lockhart, and Zyon Hill picked up one apiece. Lockhart also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 11. Another thorn in Center Grove's side was Charles Mccormick, who forced a fumble and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cathedral was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 213 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Center Grove's loss came despite strong showings from Drake Mcclurg and Nolan Rees. Mcclurg gained 144 total yards and two touchdowns, while Rees rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Rees is becoming a predictor of Center Grove's success: when he posts at least 100 rushing yards the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Gabe Mcwilliams also helped out by tossing the rock for 314 yards.
Cathedral's record is now 4-2. As for Center Grove, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-2 record.
Cathedral will stay at home for another week and welcome Roncalli at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cathedral is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.3 points per game this season. As for Center Grove, they will challenge Lawrence North at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lawrence North also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 41.6 points per game.
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