2022 Season Preview: Central Catholic H.S. “Raiders”

<!-- wp:image {"align":"center","id":403135,"width":115,"height":115,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/redzone/uploads/2022/08/Central_Catholic__MA__Raiders_2_Logo-1-1024x1024.png" alt="" class="wp-image-403135" width="115" height="115" /></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Our next Preview is the 2022 Massachusetts Central Catholic "Raiders" on their quest for another MIAA State post-season run. Central head coach Chuck Adamopoulos guided the "Raiders" back to the 2021 Massachusetts MIAA Super Bowl last season. The last time Central Catholic was there was back in 2015.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Team Overview: </strong>The Raiders lose star quarterback "[player_tooltip player_id='1430422' first='Ayden' last='Pereira']", but there were plenty of junior contributors elsewhere. This program will continue to excel by having a quarterback ready for action which they usually do better than many other programs. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2021 Season Results:</strong> This team played a very tough schedule in 2021.&nbsp; The Raiders lost two games in 2021. One in the regular season to&nbsp;St. John's Prep and the other was at 2021 Div 1 MIAA Superbowl to Springfield Central. With that being said, they also beat another top-tier program "St. John's Prep" in the playoffs and the Springfield Central Golden Eagles in the 2021 season opener. So this program is solid and has an interesting competitive resume year in and year out.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Toughest Losses to Graduation:</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1430422' first='Ayden' last='Pereira']</strong> (QB) = Univ of Maine, <strong>Justice McGrail</strong>&nbsp;(WR) = Williams College, Kolton Williams (S) = Mass Maritime, <strong>Nathel Achuo&nbsp;</strong> (RB) = Springfield College, <strong>Michael Brown</strong> (NG) = Hobart College, &nbsp;<strong>Evan LeBlanc</strong> (LB) = Mass Maritime, Markys Bridgewater (RB) = Reclassified at Choate Rosemary Hall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>PLAYERS TO WATCH:</strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_62e97b6886a47","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["415013"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Cannistraro is seen as an athlete playing both corner and wide receiver really well for the u0022Raidersu0022 He has decent speed and superb hands.  His route running is crisp to help get open on the offensive side of the ball.  On defense he stands out with good instincts for run support and reactionary skills to identify pass when needed. 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