central catholic state football champs

CHAMPSCentral Catholic capsperfect 15-0 seasonwith state title

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I heard it as early as the fall of2006, when the first members ofCentral Catholic’s current cropof seniors began making a varsityimpact.

“This class will win a statechampionship,” more than oneperson told me. The players heardit too, and as time passed, expecta-tions continued to rise.

When a fourth quarter come-back attempt against Sheridan inlast year’s sectional semifinals fellshort, the Knights’ seniors faced anall-or-nothing scenario in 2009.

Central Catholic’s undefeatedchampionship season looked easy,a snarling, storming behemoth flat-tening a list of outmanned oppo-nents. But the most impressive as-pect of the Knights’ dominant runwas how effortless it sometimesappeared despite the physical andmental challenges the team faced.

Talking to the Central Catholicplayers before the season, they ad-mitted feeling the pressure. Someof that pressure certainly camefrom outside forces. Much of itcame from within the locker room,where the Knights were deter-mined to capitalize on the promiseeveryone knew they possessed.

The Class of 2010 providedCentral Catholic with a mix oftalent and numbers rarely seenat the Class A level. By the end ofthe season, only right tackle/noseguardMark Strong started bothways, and most played exclusivelyon one side of the ball.

Yet the Knights spent much ofthe season concerned about theirpreparedness to play deep intogames. After last season’s 96-0debacle against Clinton Prairie,coach Kevin O’Shea admitted hewas more sensitive to the lopsidedscores CC would put up mostnights, often by the end of the firsthalf. As a result the team’s firststring rarely played beyond thethird quarter.

That wasn’t an issue duringthe regular season, when theKnights won every game by at least42 points. While CC’s ability toplatoon limited the physical tollon each player, an opening-roundsectional game against Pioneerloomed as a big test of the Knights’ability to play four quarters.

It turned out they needed that

depth for other reasons. Severalkey players missed a game or morewith injuries, including lead-ing rusher Tom Almond, leadingreceiver MarcWithers, leadingtackler Strong and both startinginside linebackers, Jake Milakisand Alex Anderson.

The health problems extendedinto the postseason. Almond toreknee ligaments in the sectionalopener and missed the rest of thestate tournament. Milakis missedthe sectional championship andregional with another knee injury.

Quarterback Chris Mills lateradmitted that memories of earlyplayoff losses the previous threeseasons lingered throughout hissenior season. A loss to Pioneer

in the sectional opener would notonly end Central Catholic’s season,it would cement in some people’s

eyes the program’s reputation forpostseason letdowns.

With statewide attention fo-cused on LaRocca Field for whatmany considered the de facto ClassA championship game, the Knightsproduced a 20-0 victory oversecond ranked Pioneer. It was oneof nine shutouts posted by the CCdefense, but none were bigger.

With the Panthers out of theway, Central Catholic resumed itsdominance and outscored its nextfour opponents 194-19. A FountainCentral team with a similar regularseason résumé awaited in the statefinals. The Knights finished thingsoff with a 52-0 victory.

Central Catholic enjoyed asignificant talent advantage overmost of its opponents. But whenperfection is expected, you have toadmire the teams that pull it off.

Baird covers high school sportsfor the Journal & Courier. Hecan be reached via e-mail [email protected]

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CENTRAL CATHOLIC CLASS A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONS

ColumnistNathan Baird

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About this sectionThis 12-page special section

is to commemorate CentralCatholic’s Class A football statechampionship. The Knightsdefeated Fountain Central 52-0on Nov. 27 at Lucas Oil Stadiumto win the school’s third footballstate championship.

Starting Monday, the Journal& Courier will have additionalcopies available for 25 cents eachin the downtown lobby at 217 N.Sixth St.

Snapshots: Check out a selec-tion of pictures by J&C photog-rapher Brent Drinkut in a videoformat from the Class A statechampionship game.

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Central Catholic seniors (from left) Chris Mills, Jake Milakis andMark Strong celebrate with the championshiptrophy after shutting out Fountain Central 52-0 in the Class A state title game at Lucas Oil Stadium.

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State finals

No. 1 Central Catholic 52No. 3 Fountain Central 0

INDIANAPOLIS—Sophomorewingback Danny Anthrop totaled195 yards and four touchdownsfor Central Catholic, which led28-0 at halftime on Nov. 27.

The Knights posted their ninthshutout and never allowed previ-ously unbeaten Fountain Centralto cross the CC 40 yard line at Lu-cas Oil Stadium.

Central Catholic added a thirdClass A championship to titleswon in 1976 and 1999.

It was the most lopsided ClassA championship game since CC’s59-7 victory over Perry Centralin 1999, and the biggest shutoutsince Sheridan beat Bremen 59-0in 1988. Fountain Central had al-lowed 47 combined points overits previous eight games.

CC set a Class A championshipgame record by limiting the Mus-tangs to 7 rushing yards on 29 at-tempts. Two second-half sacks ofScott Moore contributed to a netminus-4 rushing effort after half-time for Fountain Central.

Greg Burns, who received theMental Attitude Award after thegame, intercepted Fountain Cen-tral quarterback Scott Mooreto set up a Chris Mills 33-yardtouchdown pass to Marc Withersfour plays later.

Mills finished 12 of 18 for 230yards and four touchdown pass-es.

Fountain Central came in aver-aging 412.4 yards and 42.7 pointsper game. The Mustangs man-aged only 118 yards against CCand were held below 21 points forjust the second time.

State title game statisticsFC CC

First downs 6 16Rushes-yards 29-7 34-164Avg. per carry 0.2 4.8Passing yards 111 230Comp-Att-Int 9-20-2 12-18-1Total offensive yards 118 394Plays-yards per play 49-2.4 52-8.2Punts-yards 8-247 2-90Punting avg. 30.9 45.0Punt returns-yards 1-5 6-48Punt return avg. 5.0 7.6Kick returns-yards 9-130 1-7Kick return avg. 14.4 7.0Sacks by-yard lost 0-0 3-22Tackles for loss-yards 3-10 9-30Total turnovers 2 1Fumbles-lost 0-0 4-0INTs-yards return 1-18 2-8Penalties-yards 5-35 3-26Time of possession 24:11 23:49



Photos by Brent Drinkut/Journal & Courier

Central Catholic brothers Timmy (41) and Chris Mills (12) celebrate after beating Fountain Central.

Central Catholic’s Connor Mackeyheads downfield.

A young Central Catholic fan looks on at Lucas Oil Stadium.

State title game statisticsFOUNTAIN CENTRAL

Rushing

Player Att. Yds TD LongTrent Spear 5 15 0 8Sam Shoaf 4 6 0 2Michael Duane 2 1 0 2Cameron Seymour 1 0 0 0Brent Nelson 1 -2 0 0Zach Robertson 5 -3 0 1Scott Moore 11 -10 0 6

Receiving

Player No. Yds TD LongTyler Lawson 4 60 0 31Zach Robertson 4 44 0 22Trent Spear 1 7 0 7

Passing

Player Cmp-Att-Int Yds TDScott Moore 9-20-2 111 0

Tackle leaders

Player Solo Assist TotalTrent Spear 5 4 9Sam Shoaf 2 5 7Michael Duane 4 2 6Scott Moore 3 2 5Zach Robertson 3 2 5Micah Haynes 2 3 5

Interceptions

Player No. Yds.Ryan Carver 1 18

Punt returns

Player No. Yds.Tyler Lawson 1 6

Kickoff returns

Player No. Yds.Brent Nelson 4 58Zach Robertson 3 43Trent Spear 2 29

CENTRAL CATHOLICRushing

Player Att. Yds TD LongDanny Anthrop 5 78 2 56Joe Naville 10 51 0 10Cody Christopher 9 32 0 31Brad Schrader 3 8 0 5Nathan Budny 1 2 0 2Chris Mills 3 -1 1 1Team 3 -6 0 0

Receiving

Player No. Yds TD LongDanny Anthrop 6 117 2 59Cody Christopher 3 29 1 13Marc Withers 2 41 1 33Connor Mackey 1 43 0 43

Passing

Player Cmp-Att-Int Yds TDChris Mills 12-18-1 230 4

Tackle leaders

Player Solo Assist TotalBrian Beardmore 7 4 11Scott Windler 7 3 10Adam Zimmerman 3 3 6Alex Anderson 2 4 6Stu Corcoran 3 2 5Mark Strong 2 3 5Jake Milakis 2 3 5

Interceptions

Player No. Yds.Scott Windler 1 12Greg Burns 1 -4

Punt returns

Player No. Yds.Cody Christopher 5 34Marc Withers 1 14

Kickoff returns

Player No. Yds.Joe Naville 1 7



How they scoredFountain Central 0 0 0 0 — 0Central Catholic 7 21 21 3 — 52

First quarterCentral Catholic 7, Fountain

Central 0— Cody Christopher 7pass from Chris Mills (Niall Noonankick). 2 plays, 5 yards. Time on clock:4:23. Elapsed time: 0:49. Key plays:A 57-yard punt by Mills rolled to theFountain Central 6. Scott Windlerintercepted Fountain Central quarter-back Scott Moore on the next play andreturned it to the 5. Two plays later,Mills lobbed a pass to a wide-openChristopher in the end zone.

Second quarterCentral Catholic 14, Fountain

Central 0—Danny Anthrop 59 passfromMills (Noonan kick). 3 plays,67 yards. Time on the clock: 11:05.Elapsed time: 1:02. Key play: On third-and-2, Anthrop took a short pass overthe middle, broke a midfield tackleto spring the big gain, then reversedfield and raced untouched into theend zone.

Central Catholic 21, Fountain Cen-tral 0—MarcWithers 33 pass fromMills (Noonan kick). 4 plays, 62 yards.Time on the clock: 8:18. Elapsed time:1:07. Key plays: Anthrop got thingsstarted by slipping tackles for an 18-yard gain. Coming out of a FountainCentral timeout, Mills hit Withers instride down the sideline for his 46thtouchdown pass of the season.

Central Catholic 28, FountainCentral 0—Mills 1 run (Noonan kick).4 plays, 49 yards. Time on the clock:3:32. Elapsed time: 1:22. Key play:Connor Mackey made a nice over-the-shoulder reception of Mills’ lob downthe sidelines that went for a 43-yardgain down to the 2.

Third quarterCentral Catholic 35, Fountain

Central 0— Anthrop 12 run (Noonankick). 5 plays, 33 yards. Time on theclock: 8:14. Elapsed time: 2:03. Keyplay: The Knights took over at theFountain Central 33 following a punt.The 5-play scoring drive was CC’slongest of the game to that point.

Central Catholic 42, Fountain Cen-tral 0— Anthrop 32 pass fromMills(Noonan kick). 2 plays, 45 yards. Timeon the clock: 4:36. Elapsed time: 0:49.Key play: Anthrop got behind thedefense, and Mills hit the sophomorein stride.

Central Catholic 49, FountainCentral 0— Anthrop 56 run (Noonankick). 2 plays, 59 yards. Time on theclock: 2:29. Elapsed time: 1:01. Keyplay: Anthrop took another sweeparound the left end and bolted up thesideline for his fourth touchdown.

Fourth quarterCentral Catholic 52, Fountain

Central 0— Noonan 25 field goal. 12plays, 40 yards. Time on the clock:6:07. Elapsed time: 7:16.


Wide receiver Cody Christopher reacts after catching a 7-yard touchdownpass to give Central Catholic a 7-0 lead.

CC’s Danny Anthrop breaks away for one of his four touchdowns.

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A CROWNINGACHIEVEMENT

Central Catholic’s Danny Anthrop (33) scoresa touchdown for the Knights as they rolled to a52-0 victory in the state championship game.

At left, Alex Schrader (78) andMark Strong(56) kiss the state championship trophy afterthe team’s victory to clinch a perfect season.

Central Catholic cheerleader Kayla Meckl (above)encourages the team during its state championshipgame against Fountain Central. The Knights won theClass A title game 52-0 to finish off a perfect season.

Joe Naville (right) pauses to look at his medal afterthe victory at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

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Semistate

No. 1 Central Catholic 47No. 8 Southern Wells 13

PONETO — Joe Naville scoredtwo early touchdowns on Nov. 20 tohelp the Knights return to the statefinals for the first time in 10 years.

Behind Chris Mills’ five touch-down passes, the Knights quicklytook care of the Raiders by capi-talizing on excellent field positionthroughout the game. Mills com-pleted 20 of 31 passes for 308 yards.

Mills had TD passes of 20, 34, 35,22 and 43 yards, including a pairof scores to Marc Withers. Naville,Cody Christopher and Danny An-throp also caught touchdown pass-es from Mills, who surpassed the9,000-yard career mark.

Southern Wells basically had noanswer for Mills and attempted tobring pressure to rattle the 6-foot-4senior.

Leading 28-6 at halftime, theKnights’ defense didn’t allow theRaiders a first down until their finalscoring drive in the fourth quarter.

Regional

No. 1 Central Catholic 56Culver 0

Joe Naville rushed for 100 yardson eight carries, including a 46-yardtouchdown on the game’s secondplay on Nov. 13.

The Knights’ only punt camewith one minute left. The defensemade 13 tackles for loss and pickedoff three Collin Stevens passes enroute to CC’s eighth shutout of theseason.

CC capped an 11-play, 86-yarddrive with a 2-yard run by ChrisMills to go up 14-0.

The Knights led 42-0 at halftimeafter Cody Christopher scored ona pair of second quarter runs, andMarc Withers hauled in a pair ofMills touchdown passes.

Christopher and Brad Schraderboth scored on third-quarter touch-down runs to round out the scor-ing.

The CC defense limited the Cav-aliers to just 76 yards on 39 carries(1.9) and 148 total yards.

By Jamie Lynn Chevillet/Journal & Courier

Central Catholic quarterback Chris Mills ranks fifth in the IHSAA for career passing yardage with 9,501 yards.



Sectional 34

No. 1 Central Catholic 20No. 2 Pioneer 0

Central Catholic’s defense forcedfive turnovers and shut out its sev-enth opponent on Oct. 23.

Senior split end Connor Mackeycaught five passes for 140 yards anda touchdown.

Scott Windler recorded two offour interceptions for the Knights’defense. On a wet, windy night,Chris Mills completed 13 of 20passes for 214 yards and two touch-downs and ran for CC’s first score.

Pioneer (9-1), which averaged50.8 points coming in and hadscored 49 or more in seven straightgames, was shut out for the firsttime since the 2007 season openeragainst Cass.

A 61-yard completion from Millsto Mackey keyed a first-quarter CCscoring drive capped by Mills’ 1-yard plunge. Midway through thesecond quarter, Pioneer attempteda fake punt on fourth-and-11 at itsown 15 but was stopped after an 8-yard gain.

Twoplays later,Mills foundMarcWithers open in the end zone from23 yards to make it 14-0.

That was the last first down forthe Knights until early in the fourthquarter, but Pioneer managed only65 second-half yards in response.

Mills and Mackey hooked up fora 49-yard touchdown pass early inthe fourth to make it 20-0.

No. 1 Central Catholic 33Frontier 6

CHALMERS — Chris Mills com-pleted just 14 passes, but five wentfor touchdowns. He threw for 226yards despite rain and amuddy Fal-con Field on Oct. 30.

After CC recovered a Frontierfumble on the game’s third play,Mills found Danny Anthrop ona screen that went for a 28-yardscore.

Mills also connected with MarcWithers for two touchdowns in thefirst quarter as CC built a 19-0 lead.Withers’ second touchdown recep-tion went for 62 yards and came ona third-and-20.

The Knights opened the secondhalf with an 11-play, 70-yard drivethat ended with Cody Christopherscoring on an 11-yard grab.

Frontier followed with a 10-play,68-yard drive that resulted in thesecond touchdown scored against

the Knights all season, a 4-yardpass from Dylan Sterrett to Jon-Marc Ream.

The Knights advanced to thesectional championship for the firsttime since winning their last title in2005.

No. 1 Central Catholic 58Caston 13

FULTON — Cody Christophercaught two first quarter touch-downs and rushed for another asCentral Catholic won the Class A,Sectional 34 championship at TheComet Crater on Nov. 6.

Danny Anthrop returned theopening kickoff near midfieldand three plays later, Chris Millsdumped a screen pass to JoeNavillethat went for a 51-yard touchdown.

Two plays into top-ranked CC’snext offensive possession, Chris-topher caught a 5-yard out pass,broke a tackle and went 63 yardsfor a score. Christopher also hada 5-yard TD reception, and Marc

Withers hauled in a 40-yard scoreto help CC go up 27-0 after the firstquarter.

Quarterback Chris Mills, whohad 219 yards passing in the firsthalf, scored on a second quarterrun, as did Anthrop and Christo-pher.

Meanwhile, the stifling Knightsdefense held Caston to 55 totalyards in the first half as CC led 48-0.

Niall Noonan was 7 of 8 on ex-tra point kicks and also booted a37-yard field goal. Cody Schraderscored on a 6-yard run in the thirdquarter to round out the Knights’scoring.

Caston scored two late touch-downs to post the largest point to-tal against CC all season.


Central Catholic running back Tom Almond carries the ball against Pioneer during the first round of sectionals.

CC coach Kevin O’Shea in a lightermoment before the top-rankedKnights faced No. 2 Pioneer.



Regular season

No. 2 Central Catholic 56Delphi 0

DELPHI — Danny Anthrop tooka sweep 52 yards for a touchdownon Central Catholic’s first play ofthe season on Aug. 21.

OnDelphi’s first possession, CC’sScott Windler darted through theOracle line to block a Dustin Salyerpunt and fell on the ball in the endzone to make it 14-0 less than threeminutes in.

Tom Almond’s 6-yard TD runand Cody Christopher’s 15-yardscoring run put the Knights up 28-0 with 4:29 left in the first quarter.

No. 1 Central Catholic 68Benton Central 0

Quarterback Chris Mills passedfor 328 yards and seven touch-downs on Aug. 28.

Sophomore Danny Anthropcaught six passes for 103 yards andtwotouchdowns.CodyChristopherand MarcWithers each caught twotouchdown passes fromMills.

The Knights scored on their firstfour possessions, using big plays onoffense and defense to race to a 28-0 lead.

On Central Catholic’s secondplay from scrimmage, running backTom Almond bolted for a 45-yardtouchdown run.

No. 1 Central Catholic 45Clinton Central 0

The victory on Sept. 4 markedthe Knights’ longest shutout streaksince the 1970 squad blanked fivestraight opponents.

CentralCatholic also ran itsHoo-sierHeartland Conferencewinningstreak to 22 games.

The Knights limited ClintonCentral to 70 total yards — includ-ing 37 rushing yards on 27 carries— and four first downs. Two of theBulldogs’ first downs came fromCentral Catholic penalties.

Jake Milakis scored on first-half runs of 1, 9 and 5 yards to helpCentral Catholic build a 24-0 half-time lead. He fumbled on his wayin for another touchdown early inthe third quarter, but Marc With-ers scooped the ball up at the 3 andscored to make it 31-0.

No. 1 Central Catholic 58Guerin Catholic 3

NOBLESVILLE — Chris Millswas 17 of 22 for 276 yards to help

the Knights build a 51-0 halftimelead on Sept. 11.

A 32-yard field goal by Guerin’sShelby Evans with 8:31 left in thegame provided the first pointsscored against the Knights this sea-son.

CC’s defense held opponentsscoreless for the first 183 minutes,29 seconds of play.

Five plays into the game, DannyAnthrop scored on a 10-yard run.His 66-yard TD scamper came onthe first play of the Knights’ seconddrive.

No. 1 Central Catholic 62Carroll 0

FLORA — Tom Almond rushedfor 186 yards and four touchdowns.His scoring runs covered 23, 43, 27

and 58 yards on Sept. 18.His efforts zapped the spirit from

Carroll, which held CC to sevenpoints until late in the first quarter.When Knights quarterback ChrisMills connected with Niall Noonanon a 34-yard touchdown pass witha minute left in the opening quar-ter, the floodgates opened.

The Knights’ defense held theCougars to 33 yards and three firstdowns.

No. 1 Central Catholic 70Tri-Central 0

Even though senior quarterbackChrisMills started the game0-for-3with two interceptions, theKnightsstill posted another blowout. Millsfinished 10 of 15 for 191 yards andthree touchdowns on Sept. 25.

TheKnights’ first offensive scorecame as time expired in the firstquarter on Cody Christopher’s 10-yard run.

Tom Almond scored four touch-downs, rushed for 45 yards and hadfive catches for 109 yards.

No. 1 Central Catholic 66Tri-County 7

Central Catholic’s defense sur-rendered its first touchdown of theseason but otherwise held the Cav-aliers to one first down and minus-8 yards in total offense for SeniorNight on Oct. 2.

CCquarterbackChrisMills com-pleted 21 of 25 passes for 330 yardsand five touchdown passes, most ofthose in the first half.

But it was a Mills interceptionthat set upTri-County’s lone touch-down in the second quarter.

Marc Withers caught five ofMills’ passes for 153 yards, includ-ing touchdowns of 35 and 50 yardsto ignite a 29-point second quarterthat put the game away early. TomAlmond added 106 yards on 10 car-ries.

No. 1 Central Catholic 42Culver Academies 0

CULVER — Central Catholic’sdefense never let CulverAcademiescross its own 42 yard line on Oct. 9.

Culver Academies (6-2) cameinto the game averaging 34 pointsper game against a predominatelyClass 3A schedule. CC held theEagles to 49 total yards — 40 on 36rushing attempts and 9 yards on 2of 14 passing — while posting itssixth shutout of the season.

Chris Mills threw two touch-down passes and ran for a thirdscore. In the second half, DannyAnthrop rushed for a touchdownand scored another on a pass playwhile accumulating 87 yards.

No. 1 Central Catholic 2Clinton Prairie 0 (forfeit)

With over a quarter of its studentbody absent amidst a flu outbreak,Clinton Prairiewas forced to forfeitthe regular season finale on Oct. 16.

The cancellation clinched Cen-tral Catholic’s sixth straight Hoo-sier Heartland Conference cham-pionship.

By Brent Drinkut/Journal & Courier

CC’s Cody Christopher takes off down the field against Clinton Central.



No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos.1 Niall Noonan Jr. 6-2 175 SE/K2 Greg Burns Sr. 6-3 170 WB/DB3 Stu Corcoran Jr. 5-11 150 WB/DB4 Cody Christopher Jr. 6-0 170 WB/DB6 Cody Schrader Jr. 5-6 130 WB/DB7 Jake Churchill Fr. 5-10 160 QB/DB8 Austin Munn So. 6-0 160 QB/DB9 Jake Milakis Sr. 5-10 205 FB/LB10 Adam Zimmerman Sr. 5-10 160 SE/DB11 Austin Mitchell Jr. 6-0 155 WB/LB12 Chris Mills Sr. 6-4 185 QB/P13 Sam Kochert Fr. 5-10 165 FB/LB14 Brad Schrader Fr. 5-10 165 WB/LB15 Mason Fisher Fr. 6-0 130 WB/DB16 Dalton Skees So. 5-10 160 SE/LB17 Will Jones Fr. 5-7 125 WB/DB20 Ross Corcoran Fr. 6-0 160 WB/LB21 Jack Kendrick Jr. 6-1 185 FB/LB22 Matt Burks So. 5-10 150 SE/DB23 Connor Mackey Sr. 6-3 200 SE/DB24 Joe Henshaw Sr. 6-0 165 SE/DB

No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos.25 Nathan Budny Jr. 5-10 155 WB/CB26 Travis Smith So. 5-11 145 SE/DB27 Robert Kubat Jr. 5-10 145 WB/DB28 Scott Windler Sr. 6-2 185 SE/DB29 MarcWithers Sr. 5-11 165 SE/DB30 Scotty Trout So. 5-10 175 WB/LB32 Joe Naville Jr. 6-0 180 FB/DL33 Danny Anthrop So. 6-0 165 WB/LB34 Tom Almond Sr. 6-1 180 FB/LB40 JimmyMills Fr. 5-7 135 WB/LB41 TimmyMills Fr. 5-9 140 WB/DB43 Jake Talley Sr. 6-1 220 TE/LB50 Jimmy Schrader Sr. 6-2 200 OL/DL51 Patrick Mackey Fr. 6-0 210 OL/DL52 Jacob Austerman Jr. 5-10 200 OL/LB53 John Schrader So. 6-4 180 OL/DL54 John Beardmore Jr. 5-9 230 OL/DL55 Jacob Matson So. 5-8 180 OL/LB56 Mark Strong Sr. 6-3 230 OL/DL57 Jason Aldridge Jr. 6-2 210 OL/DL58 Alex Anderson Sr. 6-0 205 OL/LB59 Brian Carless So. 6-1 200 OL/DL

No. Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Pos.60 Brian Beardmore Sr. 5-9 205 OL/DL61 Arthur Reust Jr. 5-9 160 OL/LB62 Joe Churchill Jr. 5-6 195 OL/DL64 Devin Morgan Jr. 5-7 190 OL/LB65 Mike Rosebraugh So. 5-10 210 OL/DL66 Nick Payne So. 5-11 220 OL/DL67 Matt Thieme Fr. 6-0 190 OL/DL68 Jeff Adams So. 5-10 240 OL/DL70 Ty Hartlep Sr. 6-0 275 OL/DL71 David Thieme Jr. 6-5 190 OL/DL72 Drew Smedley Sr. 6-1 260 OL/DL74 Drake Hoover So. 6-0 225 OL/DL75 Casey Bollock Fr. 6-2 180 OL/DL77 Patrick Bondi Jr. 5-10 230 OL/DL78 Alex Schrader Sr. 6-1 255 OL/DL79 Robby Fortwendel Fr. 6-0 220 OL/DL80 Joey Talley So. 5-11 160 SE/LB81 Nelson Almond So. 6-0 185 TE/LB82 John Paul Santos Fr. 5-9 135 SE/DB83 Joe Yeaman Fr. 5-11 135 SE/DB86 Andrew Hubertz Fr. 6-0 160 SE/DL88 Ryan DeBoy Fr. 6-1 155 SE/DB

Central Catholic roster



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Central Catholic’s football players, staff and cheerleaders gather for a team photo with the championship trophy after beating Fountain Central.

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