by Pat McGuire ’14
At Saturday afternoon’s homecoming game, the Paramus Catholic Paladins were just too much for an injury-plagued Wildcat team. Christian Klink was thrown into the fire starting only his second career varsity start against the fourth best team in the nation. Needless to say the Wildcats had their backs against the wall from the start.
Paramus Catholic started quickly putting up 13 points early in the first quarter off a wildcat three-and-out as well as a fumble in their own territory. The Wildcat offense then would respond with a touchdown of their own and head into half tied 16-7.
The second half was a different story. Paramus ran over the ‘Cats in the second half with an overall barage by the Paladins. Jabrill Peppers caught a touchdown in the 3rd quarter to put the Paladins . But then Paramus would put the nail in the coffin with a 95 years pick six, and they then piled on another touchdown on the board. The final score from Byers was 44-10 as the Paramus Catholic Paladins defeated the injury-plagued Wildcats.
The Wildcats had 3 turnovers (2 fumbles, 1 int.), but Nick Fabian was the bright spot for the Cats with 165 receiving yards and a touchdown. Fabian recorded the most receiving yards by a wildcat since 2008 and Robby Paris, but it wasn’t enough as saint Ignatius falls to 3-2. The ‘Cats will face Lawrence Central from Indiana Saturday at Byers.
