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Saturday, October 29, 2011

CC rolls to another sectional victory!!!

No letdown for No. 1 Central Catholic
Written by
CLYDE HUGHES
For the Journal & Courier
Top-ranked Central Catholic scored six touchdowns on its first seven possessions on the way to a 56-6 victory over North White at LaRocca Field in a Class A, Sectional 34 semifinal Friday night.

The Knights (11-0) host Caston for the sectional championship next Friday. North White finishes its season 4-7.

In extending its winning streak to 41, Central Catholic looked every bit like a two-time defending state champion. The Knights limited North White to two first downs in the first half and 153 yards in total offense, 13 through the air.

Knights coach Kevin O'Shea was worried his team could have come out flat after emotional victories the past two weeks over West Lafayette and No. 2 Pioneer.

"Sometimes your emotional tank can get a little empty," O'Shea said. "I don't think this was our best game but we came out and did what we had to do. Game time, our kids usually show up and play. A lot of these kids have been around the block and they understand it's one and done if you don't show up and play."

Central Catholic erased any doubts early, holding the Vikings to minus-2 yards on their first drive. After a short punt, CC scored on two Danny Anthrop running plays.

Anthrop, who didn't play beyond the first drive of the second quarter, scored three times: on a 13-yard run on the opening drive, on a 15-yard shovel pass near the end of the first quarter and on a 3-yard run on the Knights' first drive of the second quarter.

He finished with 82 yards rushing on four carries and another 34 yards on three receptions.

"The good thing about tonight was a lot of the younger kids got a chance to play," O'Shea said. "Our plan was to give Danny about five or six touches and get him out of there."

Brad Schrader scored on an 8-yard touchdown run between Anthrop's first two touchdowns to give Central Catholic a 21-0 first quarter lead.

"They're an outstanding football team," North White coach Jim Davis said. "I'm not sure anybody will be able to handle them. We're undermanned in a lot of different ways and we were just trying to hold on as long as we could. They just have too many weapons on both sides of the ball."

Jake Churchill scored on a 19-yard shovel pass from Munn and Nick Zak added a 5-yard TD in the second quarter to give the Knights a 42-0 halftime edge.

North White junior fullback Kolton Linback rushed for 119 yards on 29 carries, but most of that came in the second half.

"We've been working on some new stunts and blitzes, and they worked out this week and plugged up all the holes," Central Catholic linebacker Ross Corcoran said. "We came out pretty well prepared. Coach helped with our focus because he's on you all week no matter what the other team's record. He makes us get better every day."

Schrader scored his second touchdown when he returned the second half kickoff 80 yards down the left sideline.

North White got its only score on a 14-play drive that used up 8:50 of the clock between the third and fourth quarter. On a first-and-goal at the Knights 7, Linback gained six yards before fumbling into the end zone but wide receiver Haden Williams fell on the loose ball.

"Linback's a bowling ball," O'Shea said. "He gave us a problem last year. In the first half I thought our defensive line did a good job of pinching him off. For our younger kids, he was a load."

Ty Schrader closed out the scoring in the fourth quarter, converting a screen pass from backup quarterback Hayes Cronk into a 26-yard score.