Central CAtholic advances after rugged defensive battle

Staff Report
And then there was one.
The Central Catholic football score looked like a baseball score. But the 10th-seeded Eagles were on the gridiron Friday when they upset No. 7 St. Frederick 6-2.
Central Catholic advances to this Friday’s Select Division IV quarterfinal at second-seeded Southern Lab.
The Eagles became the last St. Mary team alive in the prep football playoffs.
Southern Lab downed No. 15 Hanson Memorial 47-26, also in Select Division IV.
In Non-Select Division IV, No. 6 Mangham defeated Centerville 53-14, and top-seeded Logansport beat No. 16 Franklin 64-12.
Central Catholic 6,
St. Frederick 2
A mishandled Central Catholic punt snap in the end zone resulted in a safety and a 2-0 St. Frederick lead in the first quarter. Not quite 4 minutes into the second, Eagle running back Tate Fontenot caught a 6-yard pass from Benjamin Case to the St. Frederick 3-yard line, then took a direct snap into the end zone.
Central Catholic led 6-2, and that was it for the scoring. The drama continued.
The Eagles, playing against a bigger line, stopped three St. Frederick drives inside the Central Catholic 25, including once from the 8 and one from the 14.
St. Frederick stopped Central Catholic once at the Warrior 16 and then at their 1.
Both teams lost key players to injury.
Fontenot, who had 20 rushing yards and caught five passes for 33 yards, limped off with just over 9 minutes left in the game.
St. Frederick quarterback Montrell Conner, the big gainer for the Warriors with 13-for-80 rushing and 6-for-11 passing for 59 yards, came out in the third quarter after rushing for 17 yards.
That put freshman Parker Robinson behind center. On his third series, with 5 minutes left in the game, he hit William Parker for 47 yards, leading a charge to the Central Catholic 16.
But after a short run, Eagle defensive lineman Kaleb Willis slapped the ball away from Robinson. Then two passes fell incomplete, and Central Catholic had protected its lead.
Central Catholic’s Cash Baker earned the working class hero award, rushing 21 times for 48 yards.
Case passed for 83 yards on a 10-for-14 performance.
In addition to Fontenot’s five receptions, Hollins caught two for 20. Baker, Drake Rock and Landon Ramagos had one catch each.
For St. Frederick, Marcario Dade rushed 17 times for 63 yards.
Robinson finished with three completions in five tries for 60 yards.
Patrick caught seven passes for 101 yards.
Central Catholic is now 9-3 on the year and has won eight of its last nine games.
St. Frederick finished with a 7-4 record.