Norfolk Catholic opens title defense with impressive home win
NORFOLK - The defending champs in Class C2 began their title defense impressively on Friday, dominating the second half in a 42-27 win over Oakland-Craig.
Oakland-Craig led throughout the first half, extending their lead to 21-14 after junior quarterback Braylon Anderson hit 280-lb tight end JT Brands on a 30-yard touchdown strike.
But from there, the switch flipped for Norfolk Catholic, who proceeded to score 28 unanswered points over a 13-minute stretch in the second half to take over.
The win is the 14th straight for Norfolk Catholic, while Oakland-Craig drops their season opener for the second straight season.
SCORING SUMMARY
OAKLAND-CRAIG (0-1) - 7 8 6 6 - 27
NORFOLK CATHOLIC (1-0) - 7 7 14 14 - 42
1ST QUARTER
5:54 - Jaxen Jorgensen (OC) - 69-yd TD run (XP good)
0:56 - Trevin Sukup (NC) - 30-yd TD run (XP good)
2ND QUARTER
7:07 - Jaxen Jorgensen (OC) - 6-yd TD run (2P good)
3:05 - Nathan Timmerman (NC) recovered blocked punt in end zone (XP good)
3RD QUARTER
11:23 - Braylon Anderson (OC) - 30-yd TD pass to JT Brands (2P no good)
9:09 - Carter Janssen (NC) - 44-yd TD pass to Max Hammond (XP good)
6:29 - Brandon Kollars (NC) - 1-yd TD run (XP good)
4TH QUARTER
8:43 - Carter Janssen (NC) - 8-yd TD pass to Braeden Burbach (XP good)
8:09 - Brandon Kollars (NC) - 2-yd TD run (XP good)
2:31 - Kevin Mendez (OC) - 2-yd TD run (2P no good)
STATS:
NORFOLK CATHOLIC
RUSHING
- Trevin Sukup: 109 yds, 1 TD
- Brandon Kollars: 69 yds, 2 TD
- Carter Janssen: 43 yds
- Nathan Timmerman: 36 yds
- Hayden Kelley: 15 yds
- Gage Yosten: 7 yds
- Max Hammond: 4 yds
PASSING
- Carter Janssen: 6-of-12, 83 yds, 2 TD
RECEIVING
- Sam Speidel: 3 rec, 33 yds
- Max Hammond: 1 rec, 44 yds, 1 TD
- Braeden Burbach: 1 rec, 8 yds, 1 TD
- Nathan Timmerman: 1 rec, -2 yds
OAKLAND-CRAIG
RUSHING
- Jaxen Jorgensen: 135 yds, 2 TD
- Kevin Mendez: 6 yds, 1 TD
- Emmet Johnson: 3 yds
- Braylon Anderson: -1 yds
- Luis Popoca: -3 yds
- Sylas Nelson: -4 yds
PASSING
- Braylon Anderson: 19-of-35, 264 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
RECEIVING
- Emmet Johnson: 7 rec, 74 yds
- Lincoln Benne: 4 rec, 56 yds
- Jeremiah Druckenmiller: 3 rec, 65 yds
- JT Brands: 2 rec, 41 yds, 1 TD
- Sylas Nelson: 1 rec, 26 yds
- Jaxen Jorgensen: 1 rec, 4 yds
- Braylon Anderson: 1 rec, -2 yds