Bishop Chatard (IN) vs 5A #1 Covington Catholic Predictions

Who do you think wins and why?

CCH will have their hands full, and I am always a little unsure coming off a bye week. Eddie and the staff will have the boys ready to go as he always does. I think the Colonels win by 7-10 points.

I would like to see some of our Kentucky schools play Indianapolis Roncalli.

Some good match ups would be with any of our bigger private schools, such as Cov Catholic, or Trinity, or Saint Xavier, or DeSales.

Chatard is hard to get a read on by looking at scores. They lost to Cathedral 34-13 but beat Columbus St. Francis de Sales 42-7. CovCath--good talent, good coaching and a week to tweek the process=2/3 td win.

Chatard is coming off a 1 point loss to an undefeated, very solid Winton Woods.

This is going to be a hell of a test.

Chatard 42 - SFD (OH) 7

CovCath 35 - SFD (OH) 7

Winton Woods (OH) 28 - Chatard 27

These scores show the Trojans can play at a very high level and CovCath better come ready to play.

Indiana state championships for Chatard:

Football (2A): 1983, 1984

Football (3A): 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015

Looks like this is Chatard's second trip to the Bluegrass state in the program's history. In 2008, they beat LexCath in Lexington by a score of 31 - 7.

This should be one heck of a game. Winton Woods also knocked off LaSalle the week before.

If Chatard shows up to play they will be some top level competition for the Colonels. Show be a good game.

Chatard preseason preview from the Indy Star:

Bishop Chatard: First-year coach Rob Doyle takes over for Vince Lorenzano and looks to build on Chatard’s state-record 13 state championships. This will be a relatively inexperienced team, led by senior defensive lineman Will Kellison. Kevin McNelis and Nick Sullivan join him on the defensive front and Eric Osborn and Josh Coons return in the secondary. Junior Mark Nondorf takes over at quarterback. John Marsella, a senior receiver, and Daylen Taylor, a sophomore running back, are players to watch.

Will Kellison 12 TE/LB 6'5 250

Kevin McNelis 12 TE/LB 6'3 230

Nick Sullivan 12 RB/LB 6'0 233

Eric Osborn 11 WR/DB 5'10 165

Josh Coons 12 QB/DB 6'3 180

Mark Nondorf 11 QB/DB 6'3 195

John Marsella WR/DB 5'11 170

Daylen Taylor 10 RB/LB 5'10 185

Trojan season to date:

Date Opponent Score

8/18/2017 Brebeuf Jesuit W 27-17

8/25/2017 Lawrence Central L 24-16

9/1/2017 Roncalli L 21-7

9/8/2017 Cathedral L 34-13

9/15/2017 St. Francis DeSales (OH) W 42-7

9/22/2017 Guerin Catholic W 35-7

9/29/2017 Cincinnati (OH) Winton Woods L 28-27

CovCath will have to bring their lunch box to work for arguably the first time this season and possibly the only time.

Here is last year's (2016) Bishop Chatard - Winton Woods football game played in Cincinnati. The Trojans beat the Warriors 23 - 20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYAliVFVbJA

Covington Catholic's pool of talent is much greater than Chatard's. Look for a 21 point win by the Colonels.