Final

All Breds in this one. Breds "D" was hittin' em hard tonight, especially Jack Sutkamp. Holy Cross star Jalen Beal was held in check for the most part tonight, although he did pick up 37 yards on his last to carries of the night against the JV. However I will say, the kid is "lightning fast", but the varsity did a good job of containment on the speedster.

 

Breds score on their 1st play from scrimmage as Mac Franzen hits Nate Enslen in stride 25 yards down field and he races into the endzone for the 42 yd TD. Breds force a HC punt and get the ball back and on 4th and 4 from the 22 Franzen again with a "beautiful" pass, as he floats one into the arms of Tommy Donnelly in the endzone for a 22 yd TD, Jack Sutkamp runs in the 2pt. conversion. !st play on the 2nd quarter Franzen on a 12 yard "keeper". Breds score again as Sr. RB Kalvin Moore "muscles" his way in from 7 yards out, and that's it for the 1st half. Although on the final play of the half, Holy Cross attempts a 26 yard FG but it is wide left. This is the closest to a score that the Indians will come.

 

Two plays into the 3rd quarter Jake Smith goes 43 yards for a TD, and then a " Linemen's Dream". NewCath starting offensive linemen So. Maleek Lawrence with an INT in the endzone for the TD. HC QB was about to be sacked in the endzone when he tried to pass, and as he was being dragged down threw it right into the arms of Lawrence the score. On the ensuing kickoff HC fumbles and the Breds recover and on the 1st play Franzen with a perfectly thrown ball in the endzone that only Tommy Donnelly could catch.

 

The JV threaten to score in the 4th from the HC 15, but the Erik Anderson pitch to Jon Harris is not clean an the Indians recover. Only issue tonight for the Breds..........two missed extra points!!!!:banghead:

 

One injury note: Stating OL Steven Brooks goes down with what looks like an ankle injury, was on crutches at halftime. Breds definitely need him back for the playoffs.

 

!st Quarter

NewCath - Mac Franzen 42 yd TD pass to Nate Enslen (kick failed) 9:50

NewCath - Mac Franzen 22 yd TD pass to Tommy Donnelly (Sutkamp run) 3:13

 

2nd Quarter

NewCath - Mac Franzen 12 yd TD run (Caudill kick) 11:52

NewCath - Kalvin Moore 7 yd TD run (Caudill kick) 4:16

 

3rd Quarter

NewCath - Jake Smith 43 yd TD run (Caudill kick) 10:49

NewCath - Maleek Lawrence INT in endzone (Caudill kick) 10:25

NewCath - Mac Franzen 30 yd TD pass to Tommy Donnelly (kick failed) 9:45

Recap of game with stats, play by play, and scoring summary. Looks like mine agrees with Lawnboy13's report.

 

Holy Cross Indians at Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds High School Football on Friday, October 25, 2013 10/25/2013 7:00:00 PM | HS Game Center - Live High School Sports Scores, Statistics and News.

Recap of game with stats, play by play, and scoring summary. Looks like mine agrees with Lawnboy13's report.

 

Holy Cross Indians at Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds High School Football on Friday, October 25, 2013 10/25/2013 7:00:00 PM | HS Game Center - Live High School Sports Scores, Statistics and News.

 

I will ALWAYS defer to you. :thumb:

 

You are a credit to the Holy Cross program and love your work. :ylsuper:

I will ALWAYS defer to you. :thumb:

 

You are a credit to the Holy Cross program and love your work. :ylsuper:

 

But you were quicker than me! Had the longer drive this time and I needed a Samuel Adams Boston Lager and some leftover pizza before I could sign on! Breds were dominant tonight.

Recap of game with stats, play by play, and scoring summary. Looks like mine agrees with Lawnboy13's report.

 

Holy Cross Indians at Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds High School Football on Friday, October 25, 2013 10/25/2013 7:00:00 PM | HS Game Center - Live High School Sports Scores, Statistics and News.

 

Love how you click on the LINK above and you can watch a replay of the game as you read the stats.......COOL!

 

Mac Franzen on the night........11-12, 193 yds, 3 tds.

Mac was the NKYSports.com Player of the Game and he won an interview with our boy Walter after the game, as well as, a nice player of the game jersey....sweet.

By G. MICHAEL GRAHAM

Fort Thomas Matters Sports Reporter

The score surprised no one.

The Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds football team dominated the battle of Class 2A’s last three state champions, 48-0 on Friday in Newport over the Covington Holy Cross Indians. The Thoroughbreds moved to 24-0 in Class 2A, District 6 action since 2007 when the Kentucky High School Athletic Association expanded from four to six classes.

The Thoroughbreds (5-4 overall, 4-0 district) outscored the district opponents 153-28 with their second straight shutout. They also improved to 19-2 in the all-time series against the Indians (1-8, 1-3).

“I thought we made a lot of strides this week,” said Dan Wagner, NewCath Head Coach. “We played our best game all-around with not many mistakes made. We might find a few when we watch the tape. We were pretty efficient in everything we did so we’re happy for now.”

NewCath won their fourth and fifth state championships in 2010 and 2012 and Holy Cross won it in 2011. But the Indians have gone 4-16 since that title.

NewCath garnered 353 yards of total offense to 163 for Holy Cross. That included 193-28 through the air and 12-9 in first downs.

NewCath quarterback Mac Franzen completed 11-of-12 passes for 193 yards with three touchdowns and one interception. He also ran for 25 yards and a touchdown on two carries.

Thoroughbred wide receivers Tommy Donnelly and Brandon Gray once again put up big games. They had three and four catches respectively for 67 yards each. Nate Enslen followed with one catch for 42 yards. Donnelly added two touchdown catches.

Jacob Smith put together another nice game running the football for NewCath. He had 72 yards rushing on 10 carries.

The Thoroughbreds wanted to contain Holy Cross senior running back Jalen Beal. He entered the game with 1,199 yards rushing on 154 carries and 15 touchdowns. Beal had 109 yards on 18 carries. He had a 20 and 17-yard run in the fourth quarter against the NewCath reserves.

“We got after him pretty good,” Wagner said. “We never really let him get started. I think he was still banged up because they only ran him 18 times.”

The Thoroughbreds led 14-0 after the first quarter and never looked back. Franzen completed a 42-yard score to Enslen before hitting Donnelly for a 22-yard connection.

NewCath extended that lead to 28-0 at halftime. Franzen and Kalvin Moore had 12 and 7-yard runs respectively.

The Thoroughbreds finished the game with 20 points in the third quarter. Smith scored on a 43-yard dash before Maleek Lawrence intercepted a Holy Cross pass in the end zone and Franzen hit Donnelly for a 30-yard connection.

They take on the old district rival and Class 1A power Beechwood Tigers (6-3) to conclude the regular season. Game time is Saturday at Noon in Fort Mitchell.

 

Fort Thomas Sports: NewCath finishes another undefeated district run

Brooks has a high ankle sprain, will be back in time for 2nd playoff game.