Central Catholic dominates final

Pittsburgh back Eugene Jarvis rushed for five touchdowns in 49-14 victory.
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) -- Pittsburgh Central Catholic finished its dominant playoff run with its most perfect performance of the season.
Eugene Jarvis rushed for 192 yards and scored five touchdowns, and the Vikings scored 35 first-half points in a 49-14 win over Neshaminy in the PIAA Class AAAA championship game on Saturday night.
Central Catholic finished 16-0 and won its first state title since 1988. It lost last year's championship game to North Penn.
"No one thought that we could go through the season undefeated and beat teams the way we did, but we showed it," Jarvis said.
The blowout wasn't all that surprising for the Vikings. Central Catholic posted two shutouts -- including a 44-0 win over Bishop McDevitt in the semifinal -- during the playoffs and won another game by 41 points.
Neshaminy overmatched
"It wasn't easy," Jarvis said. "We had a good week of practice. All four days were good and it showed on the field."
Neshaminy, the 2001 state champion, had a huge turnaround after winning only three games last year. But the Redskins (13-2) were brutally overmatched against Central Catholic.
"It looked like we were a little out of sync," said Neshaminy coach Mark Schmidt. "We were trying to hurry too much. We had a bad day, but they're an excellent football team."
The numbers were terribly lopsided in every category for the Vikings, who had a 14-1 edge on first downs and outgained Neshaminy by 230 yards in the first half alone.
How ugly was it?
Neshaminy lost two yards on eight plays in the first quarter.
"We didn't really have an answer for what they were trying to do," Schmidt said.
Shane Murray ran in for a score, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Jarvis and a 9-yarder to Nino San Doval, and Jarvis added scoring runs of 3 and 18 yards for the 35-0 halftime lead.
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