By Adam Rutz
The Newman Catholic Cardinals football team’s streak of clinching a playoff spot continued last Thursday, as the Cards ran all over the Augusta defense in a big 41-12 victory. From the start of the game, Newman Catholic’s offense was rolling and the Augusta Beavers couldn’t find a way to stop them. Entering the locker room at half time down 34-0, Augusta
Junior tailback Brad Knoblock started the game with a 13-yard touchdown run, and found the end zone twice more after that in the first half. He led the Cardinals with 126 rushing yards on 13 carries. Luke Prososki also added two touchdown’s on five carries for 69 yards for Newman Catholic before half time.
“I thought we played a good first half, and we came out and did what we needed to do. Football is all about execution and we did that very well Thursday night” said Newman Catholic head coach Paul Michlig . He has led the Fighting Cardinals to three consecutive playoff appearances now, and the program is doing very well.
“It feels great to get back to the playoffs” said Knoblock. “We worked really hard for this all season, and we are starting to click here at the right time. Hopefully we can get past the first round this year and go deep into the playoffs.”
Newman Catholic took on the Assumption Royals Thursday night at Stiehm Stadium at 7:00 p.m. The Cardinals were in need of a win in order to have a better shot at getting a home game in the first round of the playoffs, and were looking for crowd support on Senior Night at “The Pit”.
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