Central Catholic and St. Pius X are an even 3-3 against one another since October of 2018, but not for long. The Central Catholic Buttons will challenge the St. Pius X Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.5 points per game this season.
Central Catholic's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past TMI-Episcopal 60-0. The Buttons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 29 points or more this season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Central Catholic's defense and their six sacks. Travis Dylla was especially locked on to TMI-Episcopal's QB and sacked him three times.
Meanwhile, a win for St. Pius X just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Antonian Prep at home and fell 70-42. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 782nd, while the Apaches are ranked 366th).
Despite the loss, St. Pius X got top-tier performance from Noah Carrasco, who threw for 365 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 53 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Cooper Brown, who picked up 114 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Central Catholic's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-3. As for St. Pius X, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-6 record this season.
Central Catholic was taken down by St. Pius X 41-7 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Pius X's Braxton Bies, who threw for 135 yards and five touchdowns on perfect 13-for-13 passing. Now that Central Catholic knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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