Friday Night Lights update for the weekend of 10/11
Here’s your weekly rundown of how ND’s currently committed players fared in their high school football games this past weekend:
- Dayne Crist and Anthony McDonald’s Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks (Calif.) team moved to 5-1 on the season with an easy 33-6 victory over St. Francis of La Canada. Crist was 17 of 27 passing for 248 yards and four touchdowns.
- Kyle Rudolph caught four passes for 97 yards and a touchdown as his Elder (Ohio) team defeated Covington Catholic, 35-6.
- Dan McCarthy ran 20 times for 128 yards (or perhaps 18 for 122) and a touchdown and completed five of ten passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns as he led his Cardinal Mooney (Ohio) team to three touchdowns in the fourth quarter, and they defeated St. Vincent-St. Mary 21-17, to run their season record to 8-0 and preserve their top-ten national ranking. McCarthy hit tight end Mike Gemma from 23 yards out for the go-ahead score with 2:43 left on the clock.
- John Goodman threw three touchdown passes, including one with just under three minutes left in the fourth quarter to give his Bishop Dwenger (Ind.) team a 28-21 victory over Bishop Luers, raising their season record to 9-0.
- Sean Cwynar’s Marian Central (Ill.) team played well after a blowout loss last week, but it wasn’t enough, and they lost at home to undefeated Driscoll, 21-7, to fall to 6-2 on the season.
- Robert Blanton’s Butler (N.C.) team built a three-touchdown lead, but blew it and lost to East Mecklenburg, 22-21, to fall to 6-3 on the year.
- David Posluszny’s Hopewell (Penn.) team lost their fourth straight game, a 21-7 defeat at the hands of New Castle, to fall to 3-4 on the year.
- Mike Golic Jr.’s Northwest Catholic (Conn.) team defeated RHAM, 29-0, to move to 3-2 on the season.
- Brandon Newman’s Pleasure Ridge Park (Ky.) team was routed by Trinity, 56-20, as their record fell to 3-5.
- Braxston Cave was on the sidelines with a sprained ankle as his Penn (Ind.) team survived a scare but held off Adams, 10-7, to extend their season record to 9-0 and their conference win streak to 144 (!!) games.
- Joseph Fauria’s Crespi (Calif.) team scored three straight touchdowns to jump out to a 21-7 lead and held off a tricky Alemany team, 28-21, to move to 4-2 on the season.
- Lane Clelland’s McDonogh (Md.) team held off Mount St. Joseph, 14-7, to move to 3-3 on the season.
- Ethan Johnson’s Lincoln (Ore.) team moved to 3-3 on the season with a 49-21 win over Franklin. So far as I know, Johnson, who has I noted last week has a strained ACL, was not expected to play.
- Omar Hunter’s Buford (Ga.) team blew out Holy Innocents, 55-14, to move to 7-0 on the season.
- Jaromis Slaughter and his Tucker (Ga.) team gave up their first points of the season but still defeated Mays, 13-7, to move to 6-0 on the year.
- Darius Fleming’s St. Rita’s (Ill.) team gave up two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and lost in an upset to Brother Rice, 14-13 (more here), to fall to 5-3 on the season.
- Steve Filer’s Mount Carmel (Ill.) team stayed undefeated, with a 64-0 blowout of St. Francis de Sales.
- Finally, Hafis Williams’s Elizabeth (N.J.) team was off this week.
That’s all for now! I hope to get to the primary recruiting targets later.
Tags: Anthony McDonald, Brandon Newman, Braxston Cave, Dan McCarthy, Darius Fleming, David Posluszny, Dayne Crist, Ethan Johnson, Hafis Williams, Jaromis Slaughter, John Goodman, Joseph Fauria, Kyle Rudolph, Lane Clelland, Mike Golic Jr., Omar Hunter, Robert Blanton, Sean Cwynar, Steve Filer