Marauder Minutes
Marauder Minutes is a weekly high school football podcast hosted by Dan Krause.
Each week we will look at the Clearwater Central Catholic high school football team as we progress through the 2024 season.
Marauder Minutes
2025: CCC at Berkeley Prep Week #1
Week #1:
Clearwater Central Catholic Marauders
at
Tampa Berkeley Prep Buccaneers
Where: Stanford J. Newman stadium, Tampa, Florida
When: Friday, August 22nd, 7:00pm
Tickets: Will update once it becomes available
Stream: https://www.berkeleyprep.org/school-life/bbn/bbn1/
Marauder Minutes Podcast: https://marauderminutes.buzzsprout.com
Notes:
The regular season is officially upon us. Everything counts going forward!
For the 6th consecutive year, the Marauders open the regular season against the Berkeley Prep Buccaneers in a much-anticipated regional match-up between two of the better teams in the state.
Last week, the Marauders dropped a 0-27 decision to Armwood in the kickoff classic. CCC showed flashes, but couldn't sustain drives against a veteran Hawks defense. The Berkeley Bucs won 28-0 on the road against Boca Ciega. The Bucs defense recorded 3 turnovers in the first half en route to a 21-0 HT lead.
The Buccaneers are coming off of a 6-5 2024 season, advancing to the regional semi-finals before running into national power Cocoa.
The Bucs are coached by Dom Ciao going into his 19th season at Berkeley. Ciao has lead the Bucs to a 140-59 record, including the 2023 Class 2A state championship.
History:
There's a lot here; however, CCC leads the all-time series. Since 2007, the Marauders are 11-8 against Berkeley Prep, including 2-1 in the playoffs. From 2020-2021, the Bucs won 3 in a row with that 3rd win coming in the 2021 regional championship game. Currently, the Marauders have won the last 3.
Trivia:
1) With the exception of 2020 (Covid season), the Marauders and Bucs have opened the season against each other every year since 2015.
2) CCC Sr. Tyrique Harris is 1 sack away from setting the school record for sacks in a career, currently held by Keo Jenkins.
3) In CCC school history, Berkeley Prep ranks #3 in teams that the Marauders have played the most in Varsity football. The last time that a Berkeley/CCC match-up did not happen in a season was 2014.
The CCC J.V team kicks off their season this Thursday at JBT against Tampa Catholic. Kickoff is set for 6pm.
Go Marauders!
Credit to Cole Thomas @cole_thomas64 on X for the awesome graphic!