Interesting, even an All-Catholic football team has some guys I think were overlooked, just goes to show that no list is going to be perfect, congrats to all those mentioned!

 

The Louisville Catholic Sports Network All-Catholic Teams recognize student-athletes who played at the top level during the regular and postseasons within their sport. Players are selected based on nominations and feedback from local coaches and the Louisville Catholic Sports Network staff that covered the teams during the 2014 season.

 

Another historic football season has come to a close as DeSales and Trinity returned home with state championships.

 

This is the first time two Louisville Catholic schools have won state championships in the season.

 

DeSales won its second straight Class 2-A state title blanking Newport Central Catholic 26-0 and finished the season with a 14-1 record. The Colts are 28-2 over the last two seasons.

 

Trinity crushed Dixie Heights 47-14 in the 6-A title game to win its 11th state championship in the past 15 seasons. The Rocks went 1-2 in district play in the regular season losing to Male and St. Xavier but went on a revenge tour to beat both schools in back to back weeks during the postseason.

 

St. Xavier had a successful season beating Trinity 35-21 in the regular season for their first win in the series since 2009. The Tigers season came to a close in the 6-A quarterfinals with a heartbreaking 9-3 loss to Trinity.

 

Holy Cross went 8-4 which included a seven game winning streak as the Cougars enjoyed their winningest season since 2011. The Cougars season came to an end with a 47-18 loss to Russellville in the second round of the Class A playoff.

 

Here is this year’s team, the players are listed in alphabetical order.

 

FIRST TEAM

 

Donald Brooks – Trinity

Rodjay Burns – Trinity

Logan Butler – St. Xavier

Clark Campbell – St. Xavier

Landon Corolla – Trinity

Conner Foos – Trinity

Austin Johnson – DeSales

Evan Perry – Holy Cross

Bryant Pirtle – DeSales

Nathan Scheler – St. Xavier

Ryan Young – Trinity

SECOND TEAM

 

Jackie Arnold – St. Xavier

Logan Brown – St. Xavier

Austin Craig – DeSales

Alec Greenwell – Holy Cross

Ryan Kaelin – Holy Cross

Damon Lowe – Trinity

Logan McDonough – DeSales

Adam Nord – DeSales

Matt Ruxer – DeSales

Ryan Smith – DeSales

TaiJon Smith – St. Xavier

HONORABLE MENTION

 

Drew Cheatham – Holy Cross

Michael Hiestand – Trinity

Noah Houk – St. Xavier

Mason King – St. Xavier

Colin O’Daniel – St. Xavier

Michael Pardue – Holy Cross

Adam Reisert – Trinity

Frankie Tharp – DeSales

Love seeing all of the Trinity young men.