Celebration has been away from home for three games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Olympia Titans at 7:00 p.m. Celebration will be strutting in after a victory while Olympia will be coming in after a defeat.
Celebration will head into Friday's contest after some sweet revenge against Liberty: Celebration lost a heartbreaker the last time they played Liberty, but it's fair to say they've redeemed themselves given the result of 5's game. Celebration blew past Liberty 35-8 on the road on Friday.
Celebration found their leader in underclassman James Wise-Pauley, who threw for 225 yards and three touchdowns on only 19 passes. Wise-Pauley is becoming a predictor of Celebration's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 2-1 (and 0-3 when he doesn't). 119 of those passing yards were hauled in by Kobe Orr.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Celebration was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Olympia fell victim to Dr. Phillips and their airtight defense two weeks ago. They were outmatched by the Panthers at home and fell 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 292nd, while the Panthers are ranked 31st).
Celebration's win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-4. As for Olympia, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 2-4.
Celebration might still be hurting after the 42-22 loss they got from Olympia in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. Thankfully for Celebration, Charles (Cj) Brooks (who threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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