Final

The Breds really picked it up late. Tommy Donnelly had a heck of a game, 3TD I believe. They cant keep starting slow need to pick it up fast. The Bell stays at home for yet another year.

1st Quarter

NewCath - Jack Sutkamp 1 yd TD run (Boberg kick) NewCath 7-0 9:05

 

2nd Quarter

NewCath - Mac Franzen 38 yd TD pass to Tommy Donnelly (kick failed) NewCath 13-0 7:18

NewCath - Mac Franzen 17 yd TD pass to Nate Enslen (Smith run) NewCath 21-0 3:09

Newport - Mullins 35 yd TD pass (Franco kick) NewCath 21-7 1:01

 

3rd Quarter

NewCath - Mac Franzen 30 yd TD pass to Tommy Donnelly (Caudill kick) NewCath 28-7 8:05

 

4th Quarter

Newport - Mullins 1 yd TD run (Franco kick) NewCath 28-14 7:32

NewCath - Mac Franzen 36 yd TD run (Caudill kick) NewCath 35-14 6:45

NewCath - Mac Franzen 39 yd TD pass to Tommy Donnelly (Caudill kick) NewCath 42-14 4:00

Newport - Mullins 37 yd TD pass (Franco kick) NewCath 42-21 1:37

NCC shows flashes of being good and flashes of being awful. Case in point up 28-7 and a beautiful drive until they fumble at the Newport 1. Defense hold Newport to 3 yards and a punt from the 4. NCC does not field the punt that rolls to their own 34. And holds during the kick. So they start at the 24. Lose yardage on 3 plays and then commit a personal foul. Punt from their own 5. Newport returns punt to the 40 and drives in for the score to make it 28-14.

 

Newport has a decent offense and if the receivers ever start catching balls right at their numbers would have a really good offense. Probably dropped at least 8 passes including 3 or 4 where no one was around. Should be an interesting high scoring game against Holy Cross and they have a shot at beating Lloyd.

Tommy Donnelly made a nice adjustment on the 1st TD catch, on a "hitch and go" turning two different directions, and making a very nice catch. His 2nd and 3rd he cut across the middle of the field about 25 yards down field and Franzen hit him in stride both times. Enslen's was a nice sort of a "slant" and again Franzen was on target. Jake Smith with some very nice kickoff and punt returns, but good god...get ahold of Lester Hayes and get some "stick'em" for the boy so he can hold on to the rock. The defense did a nice job containing the Joseph kid, but there is still work to be done on the pass defense. If Newport's receivers could catch a ball Mullins would have had about an extra 100 yards passing.

 

As I was leaving I heard over the PA the MVP's of the game :

 

Mac Franzen - NewCath MVP Award

Charlie Mullins - Newport MVP Award

NCC shows flashes of being good and flashes of being awful. Case in point up 28-7 and a beautiful drive until they fumble at the Newport 1. Defense hold Newport to 3 yards and a punt from the 4. NCC does not field the punt that rolls to their own 34. And holds during the kick. So they start at the 24. Lose yardage on 3 plays and then commit a personal foul. Punt from their own 5. Newport returns punt to the 40 and drives in for the score to make it 28-14.

 

Newport has a decent offense andif the receivers ever start catching balls right at their numbers would have a really good offense. Probably dropped at least 8 passes including 3 or 4 where no one was around. Should be an interesting high scoring game against Holy Cross and they have a shot at beating Lloyd.

 

On the play before the fumble, I can't believe Franzen didn't make it into the endzone, however after the Smith fumble and the Breds hold'em you would have thought the Breds were going to get great field position......:poop: Smith lets the ball roll and roll and roll, WTH???? Terrible turn of events, the Breds could have been up 35-7, but it turns into 28-14. :ohbrother:

 

100% correct on the Newport receivers. Mullins had to be wondering what the hell was going on, he hit 'em right in the numbers and they just could not hold on. :no: Really felt bad for the kid.

 

With that said, at no point was this game in doubt.

BTW, no word yet on Coach Schneider's condition, when I find anything out I will post. Prayers to the coach. http://bluegrasspreps.com/ky-football-high/coach-legend-bob-263317.html

By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM

Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter

NEWPORT – The Fireman’s Bell unsurprisingly stayed with the team on the Hill on Friday.

The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds won their 15th straight meeting over the Class 2A, District 6 in-town rival Newport Wildcats, 42-21. The last time the Wildcats beat the Thoroughbreds came in 1999.

NewCath jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the second quarter of this contest and never looked back. The win gave the Thoroughbreds sole possession of first place in the district because every other team has at least one loss in district play. NewCath is 22-0 in district action since the Kentucky state playoffs expanded from four to six classes in 2007. NewCath is 3-4 overall and 2-0 in district play while Newport dropped to 2-5 and 1-1.

The Thoroughbreds outgained the Wildcats, 375-267 in total offense. That included 199-123 on the ground. NewCath ran 58 plays averaging 6.5 per play and Newport ran 64 plays averaging 4.2 yards per touch.

Senior quarterback Mac Franzen led NewCath with 69 yards rushing on 16 carries with a touchdown and 176 yards passing. Franzen completed 9-of-13 passes with no interceptions.

Tommy Donnelly led NewCath with three catches for 107 yards and three touchdowns with Brandon Gray recording two for 34 yards. Teammate Nate Enslen added a 17-yard touchdown reception.

Sophomore Jacob Smith provided a huge spark running the football. Smith led NewCath with 100 yards on 18 carries.

Defensively, NewCath wanted to contain junior running back Dominic Joseph. The Thoroughbreds held him to 68 yards rushing on 22 carries.

Senior quarterback Charlie Mullins led Newport completing 11-of-24 attempts for 144 yards and two touchdowns. He also rushed for 61 yards on 13 carries with a score.

Mullins’ top two targets were Jayshawn Stanley and Brian Burton with one touchdown reception each. Stanley had four catches for 55 yards and Burton two for 43.

The Thoroughbreds led 7-0 after the first quarter. Jack Sutkamp scored from a yard out after Smith pulled off a 47-yard run and Wyatt Boberg added the extra-point attempt. John Caudill added three extra-point kicks for NewCath.

The Thoroughbreds extended the lead to 21-0 in the second quarter. Franzen completed a 38-yard score to Donnelly and Enslen hauled in his 17-yarder with 3:09 left in the first half. Smith scored on a two-point conversion run after the Enslen score. NewCath missed the PAT following Donnelly’s score.

Newport trimmed the margin to 21-7 with 1:01 left in the half. Burton hauled in a 35-yard touchdown reception from Mullins.

The Thoroughbreds extended the margin to 28-7 with 8:06 left in the third quarter. Donnelly hauled in a 30-yarder from Franzen for his second touchdown.

After Mullins scored from a yard out in the fourth quarter, NewCath responded with two more touchdowns. Franzen scored on a 36-yard run and Donnelly recorded his third touchdown reception from 39 yards out. The Thoroughbreds led 49-14 with 3:56 left in the game.

The Wildcats scored their final touchdown with 1:31 left in the game. Stanley scored on a 27-yarder from Mullins and Oscar Franco made his third of three PATs.

Turnovers did not play a huge factor in this game. Both teams lost just one penalty.

The Thoroughbreds may address their total number of penalties this week. They committed eight penalties for 59 yards compared to four for 30 for the Wildcats.

Bishop Brossart up next:

The Thoroughbreds look to improve to 3-0 all-time against the county rival Bishop Brossart Mustangs (2-5) on Saturday. Bishop Brossart has been eliminated from playoff contention at 0-3 in district play. The Mustangs started their program in 2007. NewCath dominated last year’s meeting by a 58-0 count.

Neither team has a true home field. The game will take place at Scott at 7 p.m.

 

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