Football Hosts Rival St. John’s Jesuit on Friday
The Central Catholic football team will entertain arch-rival St. John’s Jesuit on Friday, Sept. 16. The opening kick against the Titans (1-3, 1-0 TRAC) is slated for 7 pm in Gallagher Stadium.
CCHS (3-1, 1-0 TRAC), the four-time reigning Three Rivers Athletic Conference champions, is coming off dominating victories against Benedictine, 31-0, Olentangy Orange, 40-10, and Findlay, 50-17, the last three Fridays. The Scarlet & Gray outgained the Bengals, Pioneers and Trojans by a combined 732 yards, 1,246-514.
Most recently vs. Findlay, senior RB Chris Edmonds totaled a season-high 249 yards on the ground with 4 scores. A 2021 1st-team All-TRAC performer, Edmonds was credited with TD runs covering 9, 1, 20, and 4 yards, respectively.
Senior QB Ty’Waun Clark also had a near perfect game throwing the football against the Trojans, finishing 10-of-11 for 162 yards and 1 touchdown, helping CCHS stretch its TRAC winning streak to 26-consecutive games. Over the last 2 contests, Clark is completing a sensational 90.0 percent (18-of-20) of his passes.
Overall this fall, Clark has completed 50-of-67 passes for 634 yards and 7 TDs, while Edmonds has carried the ball 83 times for a team-high 563 yards with 8 scores.
The Titans enter Friday’s showdown on the heels of a 48-13 home victory against Lima Senior. SJJ has also dropped close games vs. Dublin Coffman, 14-7, Anthony Wayne, 10-7, and Perrysburg in overtime, 48-41.
A season ago, the Fighting Irish defeated SJJ, 38-0, at Lyden Field. The rivals also squared off in the second round of the OHSAA Playoffs, with CCHS securing a dominating 54-0 triumph to register its seventh-straight victory in the series. Central Catholic’s last loss in the series occurred on Oct. 27, 2017, when it suffered a 13-6 road setback.
Tickets for Friday’s game can be purchased online HERE. Friendly reminder, no tickets will be available to purchase at the gate.
For those fans unable to attend Friday’s contest, the game can be heard LIVE on “The Ticket” l 100.7 FM with the “Voice of the Irish” Bill Clark & Jim Oswald, starting at 6:30 pm or streamed online HERE.
