central catholic football

A return to Mt. Hood Conference play might be just what the doctor ordered for two-time defending Class 6A state champion Central Catholic.

After a season-opening 27-14 loss to arch-rival Jesuit, the Rams lost 66-17 to St. Johns Bosco of California and are 0-2 heading into conference play. Central Catholic plays at Oregon City Friday.

Conference rival Centennial appears as a solid threat to rest the conference title from the Rams. The Eagles are 2-0 having dispatched both Beaverton and Aloha of the Metro League. Centennial and Central Catholic meet in Week 4 of the season.

Jesuit is among the 13 teams that won their opening two games. Sherwood impressed with its dominating wins over Grants Pass and Grant. The Bowmen play Tigard in the start of conference play on Friday.

HILLSBORO - Central Catholic completed another run to a state football title with a decisive 49-0 victory over Tigard Saturday afternoon.

Sean Dack ran for 133 yards and a score and passed for 154 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Rams, who finished with 596 yards of total offense.

Ronnie Rust ran for two scores and caught one of the Dack's touchdown passes as the Rams completed a seismic season in which they outscored playoff opponents 285-63.

Their lone loss the past two seasons was to St. John Bosco in Bellflower, California during the second week of the season.

"I knew we were prepared with our offense, and with our defense, but I don't think any of us expected 49-0," Rams coach Steve Pyne said afterward. "This was quite a close to the season.

"The run this team has had the past two seasons, I think we have to be in the conversation as the best team in the state's history."

Tigard finished with 24 yards rushing and 175 total for the game. The Tigers reached the Rams' 2 in the second quarter, but failed on fourth and goal and Central Catholic scored in two plays to break the game open.

With the win, the fall high school season came to a close with Central Catholic having won three team titles: boys cross country, boys soccer and football. The school’s volleyball team placed second.

The drive toward state titles for all six OSAA classifications began Friday night with a number of blowout victories - none larger than defending Class 6A champion Central Catholic over Thurston, 70-19 at Hillsboro Stadium.

The Rams opened up a 49-0 lead just after halftime and cruised to victory, the team's 23rd straight over an Oregon school.

Across the state, home teams won 12 of the 16 Class 6A first-round games. Within the four road wins were an overtime victory by Southridge at South Salem and Lakeridge beating Westview 79-67 - one of the wildest playoff games in state history.

At other levels, Corvallis scored a huge win at Mountain View, beating the Cougars 42-28. Ashland and Wilsonville also won road games.

At Class 4A, top seeds Gladstone and North Bend both moved forward, as did Class 3A top seeds Santiam Christian and Cascade Christian.

Second seeded Knappa won Friday at Class 2A, and Lowell, the top seed at Class 1A, moved forward.

Several classifications have games set for Saturday.

CLASS 6A
Lake Oswego 24, SOUTH MEDFORD 7
WEST SALEM 48, Beaverton 21
Southridge 34, SOUTH SALEM 28 (OT)
JESUIT 41, Gresham 14
TIGARD 70, David Douglas 49
Sunset 49, SPRAGUE 24
GRANTS PASS 77, Barlow 14
SHELDON 34, Canby 14
CLACKAMAS 28, Lincoln 21
WEST ALBANY 16, Grant 6
WEST LINN 49, Roosevelt 15
SHERWOOD 56, Roseburg 13
Lakeridge 79, WESTVIEW 67
CENTRAL CATHOLIC 70, Thurston 19
OREGON CITY 38, McNary 6
NORTH MEDFORD 41, Wilson 7

CLASS 5A
Wilsonville 31, CENTRAL 22
Ashland 52, HILLSBORO 20
SILVERTON 54, Pendleton 6
SPRINGFIELD 26, Parkrose 14
LIBERTY 35, Crescent Valley 14
MARIST 41, Summit 29
HERMISTON 17, Sandy 0
Corvallis 42, MOUNTAIN VIEW 28

CLASS 4A
South Umpqua 57, PHILOMATH 14
NORTH BEND 71, La Grande 22
PHOENIX 38, Sweet Home 28
CASCADE 10, Banks 7
JUNCTION CITY 19, Crook County 8
SCAPPOOSE 41, Molalla 6
GLADSTONE 21, Sisters 10
Siuslaw at Mazama, Sat. 1 p.m.

CLASS 3A
Blanchet Catholic 17, HORIZON CHRISTIAN
CASCADE CHRISTIAN 21, Pleasant Hill 0
HARRISBURG 35, Rainier 0
DAYTON 14, Illinois Valley 6
SCIO 52, Taft 34
SANTIAM CHRISTIAN 57, Salem Acad. 14
Coquille at Vale, Sat. noon
Nyssa at Clatskanie, Sat. 1 p.m.

CLASS 2A
KNAPPA 54, Culver 16
OAKLAND 35, Toledo 18
Kennedy at Burns, Sat. 1 p.m.
Lost River at Regis, Sat. 1 p.m.
Nestucca at Union/Cove, Sat. 1 p.m.
Myrtle Point at Heppner, Sat. 1 p.m.
Oakridge at Gold Beach, Sat., 2 p.m.

CLASS 1A
Yoncalla 66, DAYS CREEK 60 (OT)
DUFUR 48, North Douglas 0
SHERMAN 52, Hosanna Christian 8
LOWELL 54, Condon / Wheeler 8
Ione at Adrian, Sat. 1 p.m.
Powers at Wallowa, Sat. 1 p.m.
Pine Eagle at Camas Valley, Sat. 1 p.m.
Triangle Lake at Crane, Sat. 1 p.m.

The top-ranked Central Catholic Rams cruised through another playoff game Friday night, and will get a fired-up opponent in West Linn in the quarterfinals.

Central Catholic beat West Albany 59-16 at Hillsboro Stadium, while the Lions, seeded eighth in the 32-team bracket, overwhelmed neighboring Clackamas 47-7.

The teams will meet Friday at Hillsboro Stadium, where the Rams have played seven of their 11 games, and averaged 49 points on offense.

In other Class 6A highlights, the other seven home teams all won, with No. 11 seed West Salem as the hightest seed remaining.

In the Class 5A quarterfinals, upstart Corvallis, which beat top seed Mountain View last week, fell to Marist, 28-14, leaving No. 2 Silverton and No. 3 Springfield as the highest seeds remaining. Silverton beat Ashland 28-0, while Springfield beat Wilsonville 56-47.

In Class 4A, top-seeded Gladstone beat Junction City 28-21, and will play Scappoose in the semfinals, the Indians earning their spot by virtue of a 20-7 win at Cascade - the lone upset at any level Friday night.

RESULTS

CLASS 6A
ROUND TWO
CENTRAL CATHOLIC 59, West Albany 16
WEST LINN 47, Clackamas 7
SHERWOOD 31, Lakeridge 14
SHELDON 56, Oregon City 34
GRANTS PASS 28, Lake Oswego 21
WEST SALEM 56, Southridge 14
JESUIT 35, North Medford 21
TIGARD 42, Sunset 20

CLASS 5A
QUARTERFINALS
MARIST 28, Corvallis 14
Hermiston 19, LIBERTY 14
SPRINGFIELD 56, Wilsonville 47
SILVERTON 28, Ashland 0

CLASS 4A
QUARTERFINALS
GLADSTONE 28, Junction City 21
Scappoose 20, CASCADE 7
MAZAMA 48, Phoenix 0
NORTH BEND 42, South Umpqua 13

CLASS 3A
QUARTERFINALS
SANTIAM CHRISTIAN 42, Scio 0
HARRISBURG 28, Dayton 7
BLANCHET CATHOLIC 24, Nyssa 6
Vale 35, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 21

CLASS 2A
QUARTERFINALS
BURNS 47, Union/Cove 6
Regis 29, GOLD BEACH 0
HEPPNER 45, Central Linn 8
KNAPPA 12, Oakland 7

CLASS 1A
QUARTERFINALS
Sherman 50, LOWELL 44
CAMAS VALLEY 66, Triangle Lake 20
DUFUR 72, Wallowa 20
ADRIAN 64, Yoncalla 6