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Silveri leads GR Catholic Central past Cedar Springs in the game of the week

Cougars hold off a late Red Hawks charge
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Blitz Game of the Week - Cedar Springs vs GR Catholic Central

Joey Silveri accounted for five touchdowns as Grand Rapids Catholic Central beat Cedar Springs 42-28 on Friday to improve to 3-0 in the OK Gold and 3-0 overall.

The junior signal caller completed 7 of 8 passes for 184 yard and four scores, he added 114 yards and another TD on the ground.

CC led 21-8 at the half and 35-16 after three quarters before the Red Hawks mounted a rally.

Cedar junior running back Aiden Brunin, who ran for 151 yards on 27 carries, scored his second TD of the game to cut the deficit to 35-22 with 7:13 to play in the 4th quarter.

After the Red Hawks recovered an onside kick, quarterback Jeremy Campione scored on a one-yard sneak to make it 35-28 with 1:41 left.

The Cougars would recover the ensuing onside kick and Silveri would score on a 24-yard run to put the game away.

Grand Rapids Catholic Central will play at Kenowa Hills next week while Cedar Springs (2-1, 2-1) will host South Christian.