After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Catholic is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the North Little Rock Charging Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Catholic will be strutting in after a win while North Little Rock will be coming in after a defeat.
Catholic is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing Nolan Catholic: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Catholic blew Nolan Catholic out of the water with a 41-7 final score. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
Catholic had a senior duo take command as Noel Lewis rushed for 185 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry and Jackson England threw for 169 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Lewis showed off some serious burst, taking off on a dash for 52 yards. Braxton Burks was England's top target, picking up 48 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Catholic was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, North Little Rock was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They were beaten by Benton 42-13.
Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for North Little Rock, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Catholic was able to grind out a solid win over North Little Rock in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, winning 17-7. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was North Little Rock's Jace White, who picked up 170 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Catholic still be able to contain White? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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