St. Mary Central Catholic and Calvert are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The St. Mary Central Catholic Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Calvert Senecas at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Mary Central Catholic comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
St. Mary Central Catholic suffered their biggest loss since December 2, 2023 on Thursday. They had to suffer through a rough 45-12 loss at the hands of Old Fort. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest points St. Mary Central Catholic has scored all season.
Meanwhile, Calvert was able to grind out a solid win over Hopewell-Loudon on Tuesday, taking the game 35-25. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Calvert.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Calvert to victory, but perhaps none more so than Megan Rombach, who scored eight points along with ten rebounds and five steals. Rombach also posted two+ blocks for the first time this season. Another player making a difference was Brooklyn Brown, who scored seven points along with six rebounds and three steals.
St. Mary Central Catholic dropped their record down to 0-14 with that defeat, which was their 19th straight at home. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 20.5 points per game. As for Calvert, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-7 record this season.
St. Mary Central Catholic took a serious blow against Calvert when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 52-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Calvert's Alyssa Rishty, who scored 30 points along with eight rebounds and seven steals. Now that St. Mary Central Catholic knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
