The Triad Cardinals will return home for Friday evening’s football game.
The Cardinals will put their 2-1 record on the line against Springfield Catholic Central, which has won all three of its games.
SCC has put a pile on points on the board during the first three weeks of the 2021 campaign.
The Irish blew out Lancaster Fairfield Christian, 58-0, to begin the season.
Grove City Christian then fell to the Irish 55-6.
The Springfield squad defeated West Liberty-Salem by a 32-20 count a week ago.
Catholic Central struggled with a young team a year ago.
The Irish posted a 2-7 record during a campaign that was marked by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ty Myers took his lumps as SCC’s signal-caller last year.
So far this season, he’s been red-hot with his passing.
Myers has completed 17-of-24 for 70.8%.
Myers’ passes have covered a whopping 564 yards.
He’s thrown eight touchdowns and been intercepted just once.
Ashton Young is Springfield Catholic Central’s top receiver.
He’s latched on to eight passes for 320 yards (a 40.0 average). Young has caught four touchdown passes.
Although Myers has covered a lot of yards in the air, the Irish can also work the ball on the ground.
Daniel Kamara has carried the ball 21 times for 240 yards (11.4 yards per carry). He’s scored three times on the ground.
The Cardinals will once again try to establish their ground game against the Irish.
Hayden Simpson of Triad is the second-leading rusher in the Ohio Heritage Conference.
He’s gained 341 yards on 44 carries (7.8 average) and scored five times.
Awesom Mitchell has also pulled his weight in the infantry game.
Mitchell is averaging 10.8 yards per carry (25 attempts, 269 yards).
Quarterback Derek Bails has displayed an accurate passing arm.
He’s completed 27-of-40 passes (67.5%) for 320 yards and a pair of touchdowns.