Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter
The Newport
Central Catholic Thoroughbreds football team snapped its three-game winning
streak in a big way Friday in Alexandria.
The smashed
the host Bishop Brossart Mustangs, 58-0 to open Class 2A, District 6 action.
NewCath (2-3 overall, 1-0 district) ran away with 30 points in the second
quarter to go up 44-0 at halftime to force the running clock.
The Thoroughbreds
outgained the Mustangs (1-4, 0-1), 453-63 in total offense in a balanced
attack. NewCath had seven first downs to four for Brossart.
This
included 248-37 on the ground. NewCath ran the ball 27 times for an average of
about 9.2 per carry. Brossart averaged just more than one yard per rush.
Dylan Hayes
led the Thoroughbreds rushing for 90 yards on nine carries with a touchdown.
Freshman running back Jacob Smith came in and ran for 84 yards on four carries
with a touchdown.
“We just prepared to play sound football,” said Eddie Eviston, NewCath head coach. “We really didn’t look at anything like, ‘We
can’t let him run outside or we can’t let him run inside.’ When we do that, we
can be pretty good and stop someone. That’s what we did (Friday).”
Defensively,
NewCath focused on Brossart senior running back Jacob Elbert. He had seven
carries for minus-2 yards and completed just 1-of-3 passes for nine yards
before leaving with an injury.
