Centennial vs. Columbia

[ambiguousrock]

Centennial (6-2, 4-1) hosts Columbia (3-5, 1-4) in a potentially historic game for the Cougars. If they win, they will clinch at least a 3rd seed for the first time in school history. Meanwhile, Columbia continues to struggle at the 5A level, and will most likely finish with an identical 3-7 mark for the second year running.

 

Obviously the star of Centennial continues to be Chaz Scales, who remains in the running for Region MVP. The challenge will be not looking ahead to next week's matchup against Franklin.

 

Thoughts?

[greenwheel]

Centennial by 15

[jrpfhs21]

Columbia will be unable to stop Centennial.

 

Columbia 7

Centennial 28

[donathan5507]

Columbia could catch the Cougars looking ahead and play them close for a half, but Centennial is the better team and will ultimately prevail, setting up a huge matchup against Franklin.

 

Centennial 27

Columbia 17

[zoosee12]

ha! centennial is not going to be looking past columbia no chance matykiewicz lets that happen

centennial will handle columbia big time

 

centennial 35+

Columbia 7

 

and i wouldn't be surprised if centennial puts up over 40 again

[ambiguousrock]

They certainly won't put up any less than 30, that's for sure.

 

I'd like to see Drew Kelly get into the offense more, because he is a HUGE potential weapon.

 

Centennial- 45

 

Columbia- 17

[JAYJIZEL]

Centennial comes off the bye week and may be a little flat. Rumor has it that they have suffered a few injuries. Columbia's best defense will be their offense. They need to play keep away and control the clock. Columbia showed against Franklin that they can compete with a tough north and south running attack, but it will not be enough against the Cougars. Centennial's defense is just adequate with the offense running on all cylinders. With the Cougars winning it will lock up the 3rd seed and keep them alive for any seeding above that. They will ultimately win after the Lions wear down.

 

Centennial 44

Columbia 21

 

Franklin and Brentwood need to handle their own business and everything should work out. No one can afford to overlook anyone in this region.

[sleeper3773]

The game has potential to be close with Centennial's defense not being on the same level as their offense. However with Chaz at the helm little will go wrong on offense.

Cent. 35

Columbia 21

[CHS 2007]

I watched parts of that Columbia/Franklin game last week, and for much of that first half, Columbia really held that offense in check. However, once Franklin broke it open, Columbia seemed to roll over a bit. The key for Centennial this week is to score early and often. We can't have these Page/Dickson Co. kind of games where we give up TD's on the first three or four drives of the game. We need to take all the momentum early and control that game from start to finish. If we do that, CHS could make this a name-your-score game. But like we saw that first half last week, Columbia can really step up their game if its close. If this is a close game, Columbia has the athletes to get it done. So we need to play smart, focused, and disciplined from start to finish.

[zoosee12]

agreed. if centennial can go out and score quick like they did against glencliff and northeast, the game will be over by the half.

[ambiguousrock]

Any injuries we should know about the game? I know we had a DL for Centennial get injured, I'm not sure what his condition is.

[zoosee12]

Orlando "Chip" McCroskey (the DL you were referring to) broke his leg in the Ravenwood game and had season ending surgery. Not sure who will take his place on the line