Charlotte Catholic Over Hough Tuesday Night to Remain Undefeated
Charlotte Catholic Over Hough Tuesday Night to Remain Undefeated
In a game rescheduled from late last week due to weather, Charlotte Catholic defeated Hough HS 24-19 Tuesday night.
This game was between the two undefeated school teams in North Carolina, and the result confirms Charlotte Catholic is the #1 seed when the semifinals come.
Charlotte Catholic used their rush defense to put Hough under pressure, and with that they also worked to control the breakdown.
"Our forwards were immense," said Head Coach Jason Zehmke.
Lukas Lupinski, Keane Teeter, and Finley Costello led the forward effort for Catholic. For Hough, No. 8 Kai Campbell scored all three tries—this was the first time in four years that the Hough forwards scored more than the backs.
Meanwhile, Luke Zehmke and Vince Keller were key in the kick-and-chase, keeping Hough in their half for much of the game.
"The Catholic 10 and 15's kicking game was better than ours," said Hough Head Coach Bruce Colson, adding that his team losing the kicking contest was not something his team was used to. "Our forwards showed up, but credit to the defense from Catholic. We knew they'd bring line speed and determination on D and we just didn't deal with it as we'd have liked."
The standings are below. With the loss and the South Meck win over the weekend, Hough drops to 3rd. But South Meck has wrapped up their regular season while Hough has one more game, against a Myers Park team that South Meck just beat. The expectation is that Hough will win that game and secure 2nd. In a way, it doesn't matter, as either way South Meck and Hough will face off in the semifinals on February 7. Charlotte Catholic will take on Marvin Ridge—Catholic plays Ardrey Kell next week and Marvin Ridge plays Corinth; if both play as expected there will be no change in the seedings.
Current standings (we are still missing one result but this standings should hold).
| NC Tier 1 | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | BT | BL | Pts |
| Charlotte Catholic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 53 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| South Meck | 4 | 2 | 0 | 170 | 68 | 102 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
| Hough | 4 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 50 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| Marvin Ridge | 2 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 69 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Ardrey Kell | 1 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 146 | -101 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Myers Park | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 138 | -109 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Corinth Holders | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 105 | -105 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
