from The News-Enterprise

By Ryan O'Gara

Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 1:49 am

 

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL UPDATE: Trinity 48, Meade County 0

The Meade County Green Wave entered the Class 6-A semifinals playing their best football of the season, but they had no answer for the Louisville Trinity Shamrocks on Friday night.

 

Meade County was outplayed in all three phases and struggled to gain any momentum as Trinity rolled to a 48-0 victory in front of an overflow crowd at Hamilton Field. It was Meade County’s second-worst defeat in its history, falling just short of Henderson County’s 63-14 win over the Green Wave in 2004 and the most points the Green Wave have given up since a 49-13 loss to Conner in 2008.

 

Trinity advances to its 13th state championship game in the last 15 years and will meet Dixie Heights next Saturday. The Shamrocks (9-5) have 10 titles in that span.

 

Meade County was outgained, 388-99, unable to muster any offense after its first two drives. Trinity senior quarterback Ryan Young was 19-of-23 for 224 yards and a touchdown, while senior running back Donald Brooks ran for 70 yards and three scores.

 

Bidding to reach its second straight state championship game, Meade County started off strong.

 

Senior Corey Stegner recovered Chris Bravo’s pooch kick on the opening kickoff to set up Meade County at Trinity’s 41, the second straight week the Green Wave have recovered one of those in the first quarter.

 

After an 9-yard run from senior wing Will King, senior quarterback John Wilson scampered 24 yards to Trinity’s 8, setting up first-and-goal. But the drive stalled there as Wilson was tagged for a 2-yard loss on third-and-goal from the 6. Luis Bravo’s 25-yard field goal attempt was wide left, and despite a wave of momentum, Meade County left with no points.

 

Trinity took advantage, marching 80 yards on nine plays, capped by Brooks’ 17-yard run. The Shamrocks added another score 13 seconds into the second quarter when Young connected with senior Connor Carrico for an 18-yard touchdown, giving them 14 points against the top defense in 6-A in terms of points allowed.

 

The early hole seemed to flummox the Green Wave (11-3), who had only trailed in four games this season. While Meade County seemed to move the ball well on its first two drives, picking up three first downs, it wasn’t able to the rest of the first half, going three-and-out on its final three drives.

 

If not for junior John Michael Millay’s interception at the 2 with 4.7 seconds to play in the first half, it could have been worse than 27-0 at the break.

 

It didn’t get much better for Meade County in the second half as it had minus-12 total yards on its first four drives in the second half.

 

On the final drive, King, who had five catches for 36 yards, had a 7-yard reception, senior wing Kaiden Richmond ran for 13 and Wilson gallopped for 17, plus he drew a late-hit penalty to put Meade County on the 15 with less than a minute to play.

 

But with the clock running, the Green Wave could only run two plays and both of Wilson’s passes were incomplete.

 

Wilson finished 6-of-13 for 41 yards and added 36 rushing yards on 11 attempts.

 

Meade County finished with its second lowest yardage total of the season, narrowly eclipsing the 77 it had at Louisville Male on Oct. 3.

Very complimentary posts - on both sides. As it should be.

 

Great setting. Thought MC had a very attractive School and facilities.

 

Supe.r setting to play - and watch a game.

All the best to MC in the future.

T played second and third string guys from about the 9 minute mark of the 4th qtr on.... Great win. Loved the trip to Brandenburg. Hope we meet again soon.

In the paper the last TD for T in the 4th quarter appears to have been scored by a starter. Even though a running clock, did anybody play except the starters?

 

Are X fans really that jealous of T?

November 29th, 2014

Trinity defense drops hammer on Meade County

Paul Najjar

Senior Writer

LouisvilleCatholicSports.com

 

Trinity running back Donald Brooks (No. 19 in middle) celebrates his third TD with teammate Connor Carrico (No. 1) / photo by Paul Najjar

With seemingly an entire community on hand to support the home side Meade County Green Wave, Trinity's football team marched onto the field with confidence and marched off the field with a resounding 48-0 win in the Class 6-A semifinals Friday night.

 

The numbers were stark: 398 total yards for Trinity on 56 plays for 7.1 yards per play; 103 for Meade County on 43 plays for 2.4 yards per play.

 

The Green Wave started with a bang, recovering a perfectly executed onsides mini-pooch kick by Luis Bravo at the Trinity 41-yard line. Though their drive stalled inside the Shamrocks' 10-yard line, Chris Bravo’s 25-yard field-goal attempt was pulled wide left. For the Bravo brothers it was cheers for Luis and gasps for Chris.

 

Meade County (11-3) gave a game effort from start to finish. It had trouble stopping anything Trinity (9-5) wanted to do and the Green Wave absorbed a punishing effort on behalf of the Rocks' defense, which fought through arguably the region’s toughest schedule and some of its most prolific offenses.

 

“When you play the schedule we’ve played, you don’t have choice,” Trinity head coach Bob Beatty said of his defense’s overall improvement this season. “It’s been a long haul. We’re healthy now. The kids are hungry and they’re playing well. My hat’s off to Meade County. They’re a fine football team. They just happened to catch us when we’re healthy and playing well.”

 

The Rocks took over at their 20 and methodically picked apart Meade County’s defense. It took them nine plays to go 80 yards, with running back Donald Brooks reaching pay dirt from 17 yards out. Andrew Deye, who converted 4 of 6 point-after attempts, missed his first extra point as Trinity took a 6-0 lead.

 

When Brooks wasn’t carrying the load --- he finished with 72 yards on 13 carries and threee touchdowns --- quarterback Ryan Young was airing it out. Young connected on 20 of 24 passes for 234 yards and a touchdown to junior wide receiver Connor Carrico.

 

Carrico hauled in six receptions for 71 yards and Trinity’s second touchdown. His touchdown grab was a thing of beauty as Young seemingly was throwing the ball out of the end zone and Carrico leaped high in the air to snag it. A two-point pass from Young to Andrew DelVisco put the Rocks up 14-0 at the beginning of the second quarter.

 

And the rout, blanking, shutout, whatever you want to call it, was on.

 

Junior running back Jailen Reed scored twice, from 2 and 7 yards out, and finished with 37 yards on seven carries. Brooks added four receptions for 43 yards and Santo Biddix Jr. and Blake Corbett caught three apiece.

 

“We knew coming into this season it wasn’t going to be easy,” Young said. “We knew that if we got out of the district that we’d have a good chance to get to the state final. I’m going to approach it just like any other game. It will be on the big stage and we’re going to give it everything we have.”

 

This Trinity team and the seniors, who’ve struggled through 11 losses the past two seasons, are burning for an opportunity to bring home the school's 23rd state championship trophy.

 

“I haven’t been there in two years and we couldn’t get it done last year,” Brooks said of his team earning the chance to compete for a championship. “It feels right. It just feels right. We stuck it out. We loved each other and knew if we played hard we would have this opportunity.”

 

Senior defensive lineman Landon Corolla, arguably the most ferocious defender on the team the past four games, recorded a team-high six solo tackles, a half sack and two tackles for losses. He’s been a disruptive presence at the point of attack and has shone brightly in wins over Male, St. Xavier and Meade County.

 

“We just want it,” Corolla said. “I knew we had it. We have heart and we have skill and when we use those things together we can be tough to stop.

 

“It means a lot to me. I’ve wanted this all my life: to play Trinity football,” he continued with a bit of a pause to gather his emotions. “You work hard in the weight room, you work hard in practice and it all comes together for you.”

 

Trinity will attempt to win title No. 23 next Saturday, squaring off against Dixie Heights (13-1), which defeated Ballard 48-21 to reach the championship game. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Western Kentucky University’s Feix Field/L.T. Smith Stadium.

Are X fans really that jealous of T?

 

Um... Yes.

You could tell this loss really hurt the MC players ~ which means they are winners & come back next year loaded & hungry. The one thing the staff ought to think about is trying to line up a tougher schedule.

 

I spoke with my former coach Proctor about getting a tougher schedule last year at the Central Hardin game, knowing that a harder schedule makes a more hardened team at the end of the season. He said Meade was a having a tough time getting anyone to play them at all, much less a stronger schedule.

 

And actually, this year would have been a pretty strong schedule, but the quality was not there as it had been in the recent past. Granted, we weren't playing the likes of the best Cincy, Indy and Florida teams like Trinity, but they're doing the best they can I suppose. Meade is kinda isolated location wise. Maybe that's why they're having schedule problems.

 

Thank you for the compliments about our boys! :thumb: They do indeed have a lot of heart.

Are X fans really that jealous of T?

 

Yep

Are X fans really that jealous of T?

 

No, it's a lot worse than that. It gnaws at them. I love it.

I spoke with my former coach Proctor about getting a tougher schedule last year at the Central Hardin game, knowing that a harder schedule makes a more hardened team at the end of the season. He said Meade was a having a tough time getting anyone to play them at all, much less a stronger schedule.

 

And actually, this year would have been a pretty strong schedule, but the quality was not there as it had been in the recent past. Granted, we weren't playing the likes of the best Cincy, Indy and Florida teams like Trinity, but they're doing the best they can I suppose. Meade is kinda isolated location wise. Maybe that's why they're having schedule problems.

 

Thank you for the compliments about our boys! :thumb: They do indeed have a lot of heart.

 

This loss had nothing to do with schedule. We beat the #2...#3...and the #7 teams in 6A in the playoffs. If you watch a replay of the game online or HUDL you will see why we struggled. But it's not schedule. Our schedule is not much different from most public school programs.

Meade did schedule Male, I would try to add another team from our District in either us, X or Manual, playing 2 would definitely give you a good feel for what the playoffs are going to bring. Congrats on a great season!

Meade did schedule Male, I would try to add another team from our District in either us, X or Manual, playing 2 would definitely give you a good feel for what the playoffs are going to bring. Congrats on a great season!

 

I totally agree, next year our schedule gets a little tougher we open with Bulter, we also dropped Mulenburg. We added Warren Central and Bryan Station. But unfortunately we also dropped Male. I would like to see us play 2 teams from the super district every year. I agree since everyone goes to the playoffs the only thing the regular season does is prepare you for the real season, the playoffs. Thank you for kind words on our season. Good luck Saturday !!!!

I spoke with my former coach Proctor about getting a tougher schedule last year at the Central Hardin game, knowing that a harder schedule makes a more hardened team at the end of the season. He said Meade was a having a tough time getting anyone to play them at all, much less a stronger schedule.

 

And actually, this year would have been a pretty strong schedule, but the quality was not there as it had been in the recent past. Granted, we weren't playing the likes of the best Cincy, Indy and Florida teams like Trinity, but they're doing the best they can I suppose. Meade is kinda isolated location wise. Maybe that's why they're having schedule problems.

 

Thank you for the compliments about our boys! :thumb: They do indeed have a lot of heart.

 

Trinity still needs a game for next year!

Trinity still needs a game for next year!

 

So do we...

My apologies. I forgot that no one is allowed to question or ask a question about T on here unless it is glowing praise. Don't flatter yourselves. My simple question was about who played, and I thought a legitimate one since the same young man had scored in the second quarter, and this was a running clock. Maybe I was recalling a few years ago in a state game won by T by over 30 and a friend of mine's senior son didn't get in.