2004 Gateway vs. Central Catholic - Pre-Game Warmup

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Game #1:

Gateway vs. Pittsburgh Central Catholic
Antimarino Stadium Dedication Night
When: Friday, August 27, 2004 @ 7:30pm
Where: Gateway Stadium, Monroeville, PA
RADIO: Pittsburgh KQV 1410-AM
INTERNET WEB CAST: www.msasports.net
TELEVISION: TO BE DETERMINED


Gator Bits:

• Since 1982, Gateway is 6-11-1 against Pittsburgh Central Catholic
• The last meeting between Gateway & P.C.C. was in 1998, a 28-6 win by P.C.C.
• Gateway's overall record between 1998 and 1982 - 89-88-3
• Gateway's overall record between 2003 and 1982 - 121-109-4
• Gateway has not won an opening game since 1989, a 17-6 win over Brownsville
• Gateway's record in opening games between 2003 and 1982 is 6-15-1
• Since 1982, Gateway has shut-out P.C.C. three times, P.C.C. shut-out Gateway twice, and the teams once battled to a scoreless tie
• Central Catholic is the defending WPIAL AAAA Champions, and the PIAA State title runners-up
• Pittsburgh Central Catholic is coached by Art Walker, Jr., the son of Art Walker, Sr., long-time former coach of Mt. Lebanon. For a picture of Central Catholic Coach Art Walker Jr., Gateway Coach Terry Smith, and West Allegheny Coach Bob Palko, click here

Rankings:

Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings: USAToday - Top 25 Sporting News - Sixth Tony Poll - 12th American Football Monthly - 14th Student Sports - 36th WPIAL Tribune-Review Preseason Poll - 1st Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 1st Pennsylvania Football news - 1st

Gateway Gators: WPIAL Tribune-Review Preseason Poll - 2nd Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 3rd Pennsylvania Football news - 3rd

Head-to-head matchups dating back to 1982

Date Gateway Score Pittsburgh Central Catholic Score Gateway Season Record Notes 1998 6 28 2-8 Last gm. of season 1997 14 41 3-7 1996 20 19 5-5 Gators win on INT with 26 seconds left in game 1995 7 10 5-5 1994 15 20 2-8 1993 17 0 4-6 1992 0 14 2-8 1991 20 41 1-9 1990 0 43 0-10 1989 7 0 4-4-1 Last year of Coach Antimarino's era 1988 0 0 9-1-1 1987 7 16 8-3 1986 7 0 13-0 Gators finish season as WPIAL AAAA champs with 13-0 record 1985 41 6 11-1-1 Gators finish season 11-1-1 as WPIAL AAAA Co-Champs 1984 7 14 9-3 Gators lose in AAAA Championship game 1983 6 10 5-6 Gators lose in WPIAL Seminfinals to Butler 1982 34 8 6-4

2003 Final Gators Stats:
As PDF Download:

• Complete Gators Team Stats thru week 11

News Articles relating to this game:

• The Fumbler: No cupcake opener for Central Catholic (PG) 8/27/2004
• It'll be King against king as Gateway faces Central (PG) 8/27/2004
• Chicks Picks - Week 1 (NSN) 8/26/2004
• 2004 preseason high school football rankings (Trib) 8/26/2004
• Picks eager to kick off new season (Trib) 8/26/2004
• King/Jarvis: Catch them if you can (Trib) 8/26/2004
• WPIAL Big Game Hunting - Week 1 (NSN) 8/25/2004
• The Fabulous 22 (PG) 8/25/2004
• Class AAAA Southwest Conference (PG) 8/25/2004
• Class AAAA North Conference (PG) 8/25/2004
• State Preview: Central Catholic is No. 1 (PG) 8/25/2004
• Class AAAA East Conference (PG) 8/25/2004
• Pennsylvania's 30 best for 2004 (PG) 8/25/2004
• PIAA playoff changes affect WPIAL (PG) 8/25/2004
• Post-Gazette Pre-Season Rankings (PG) 8/25/2004
• Post-Gazette preseason Fabulous 22 (PG) 8/25/2004
• You can't teach speed...or can you? (PG) 8/25/2004
• MSA Sports Top Ten - Football Preseason (NSN) 8/24/2004
• Central reloads for another run (Trib) 8/22/2004
• Gateway keeping it in the family (Trib) 8/22/2004
• Changes abundant for 2004 season (Trib) 8/22/2004
• CC, Gateway top Trib's Quad A pre-season rankings (Trib) 8/22/2004
• It's good to be the King (Trib) 8/22/2004
• 2004 PFN Pre-Season Rankings (PFN) 8/17/2004
• Trib HS Notebook (Trib) 8/17/2004
• MSASports - WPIAL Preseason Elite Eleven (NSN) 8/15/2004
• MSASports - Quad North Preview (NSN) 8/11/2004
• MSASports - Quad East Preview (NSN) 8/11/2004
• MSASports - Quad SouthWest Preview (NSN) 8/11/2004
• WPIAL Class AAAA Players to Watch (NSN) 8/10/2004
• Gateway's King gets a 5-star rating (PG) 8/8/2004