Trinity hosts Indianapolis Cathedral this Friday. The Rocks come off an open week. The Irish are trying to rebound from a hard fought loss to Cincinnati St. Xavier.

Trinity is 1-3 and will contest the balance of the regular season in Jefferson County.

 

The home game with Cathedral will be followed by the annual clash with Louisville St. Xavier at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. Manual will visit Marshall Stadium before the Rocks venture to Male to finish district play. After another open week, Trinity will host Archbishop Moeller in the regular season finale.

 

Trinity QB Reggie Bonnafon completed 21 of 27 pass attempts for 206 yards with one interception versus Colerain. Bonnafon rushed for one touchdown. WR CJ Ott caught 9 passes for 84 yards and RB Donald Brooks rushed for two touchdowns in the loss. DB Canon Jackson returned a Cardinal fumble 13 yards for the Rocks other score in the 42-28 loss.

 

Cathedral is 2-3 this season following the 15-6 loss at Cincinnati St. Xavier. A 21-yard pass from Collin Barthel to Terry McLaurin was the only scoring play from scrimmage for the Irish. Cathedral managed 164 yards of total offense versus the Bombers.

 

Barthel has completed 79 of 117 passing attempts this season for 995 yards. He has thrown 9 touchdowns and three interceptions. The Irish have rushed for 691 yards on the year. Caleb Cross has recorded 424 of the rushing yards on 66 carries. He has three touchdowns. McLaurin leads the Irish with 29 receptions for 436 yards and 5 touchdowns.

 

Previously, Cathedral defeated Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 37-35 and South Bend St. Joseph 50-40. The victories followed losses to Indianapolis Ben Davis 26-20 and Indianapolis Warren Central 42-28. The Irish are competing in the second largest class in Indiana. They have won three consecutive state championships and 10 all-time.

 

Cathedral is a co-ed Catholic school with an enrollment of approximately 1250 students. It was founded as an all-boys school in 1918. It was slated for closure in 1973 until a group of alumni, parents and friends formed a non-profit organization to oversee the operations of the school. Cathedral became co-ed in 1976. Students from 13 counties in Central Indiana comprise the student body.

 

Past Opponents: Colerain remained undefeated (4-0) with a 35-7 win over Lakota East. They are currently ranked number 1 in Ohio. The Cardinals host Hamilton on the 27th. Lawrence Central fell to 3-2 after their 42-10 loss to Indiana 6A #1 Center Grove. The Bears travel to Ben Davis this week. Carmel defeated Lawrence North 49-9 to improve to 3-2. North Central is this week’s opponent for the Greyhounds. Nashville Ensworth raised their record to 4-0 with a resounding 41-7 win over Nashville Father Ryan. The Tigers entertain McCallie of Chattanooga on Friday.

 

Future Opponents: Louisville St. Xavier loss to Archbishop Moeller 24-12. The Tigers are 3-2 this season and visit Louisville Central next. Manual High defeated Ballard 14-7 after a 62-yard jaunt by Michael Nero with less than a minute remaining in regulation. The Crimsons are 4-0 and travel to Seneca on the 27th. Male was off this week and currently maintains a 4-0 record. They visit Ballard this Friday. The Archbishop Moeller Crusaders (4-0)host GCL-South member La Salle in Lockland Stadium.

 

Trinity Tidbits:Trinity is 2-0 versus Cathedral all-time. The Shamrocks won 24-16 at Lucas Oil Stadium in 2012. The Irish fell to Trinity 36-14 at Marshall Stadium in 2011. The Rocks seek victory #560 this week.

Thanks THS for the articles. Yours are informative and well written. I appreciated that you leave the games to the coaches and players in your articles. Good job.

Nice. Thanks.

Nice. Thanks.

 

Well done sir...

I must "self report" an error in future opponents schedules: Archbishop Moeller does face the St. Xavier Bombers this week in Nippert Stadium. They get the Lancers of La Salle the following week.

Thanks THS for the articles. Yours are informative and well written. I appreciated that you leave the games to the coaches and players in your articles. Good job.

 

Wish they all were written like this...

Much appreciated