If Woodlawn quarterback Ricky Mitchell hadn’t already had Central’s attention, the junior managed to do so with a pair of first-quarter touchdown passes for a five-point lead.
Central responded accordingly, though, with a stretch of six unanswered touchdowns over a 15-minute stretch, with quarterback Max Gassiott accounting for five of those scores in a 67-18 victory Friday over Woodlawn in the District 4-5A finale for both teams.
“Our motto we’ve been preaching: ‘Don’t let this team get hot’,” Central coach David Simoneaux said. “We’ve taken our lumps. We’re battled tested. They’ve kept their discipline and maturity about them. It’s time to go do something special on the road. We’re excited about it.”…