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