Trinity (3-3) will travel to St. Xavier (OH) (3-3) after beating St. Xavier (KY) 45-10. St. Xavier (OH) is coming off a 32-31 loss to Elder (OH).

 

Last year, Trinity won 34-7.

Zane Johnson threw 4 touchdowns against KY St. X and led an offense that amassed 509 yards and a rushing attack that rolled up 257 yards. The trio of Lucas Sasser, Clint Sansbury, and Jeremiah Lynn were responsible for most of those 509 yards. The Trinity defense played well by holding KY St. X QB Trevor Havill to 126 yards passing. 
 

This is an opportunity for Trinity to put back to back wins against a quality opponent which they have yet to do, but with how Trinity beat St. X (OH) last year and their performance last night they look poised to do that.

Does Trinity or St. X get their 4th win?

It will take the same effort and energy that was put forth against Lou St. X to be in the game. Anything less will not go well.

Trinity has won 2 in a row against the Bombers, including 2 years ago when X was a top 10 team in the country. The Rocks were bad that year and were able to squeeze out a 33-32 win. Last years blowout victory is a head scratcher (not unlike this season so far). Nothing would surprise me at this point. As disappointed as I am in Cobb, I won't pick against my Alma Mater.

Trinity- 31

North X-  28

I'll be on vacation in Florida. So I guess I'll check in here for updates.

Looking at the Calpreps ratings, Trinity should win by 4. I'll go with Trinity by 14.

Depends on which Trinity team shows up

The one from last week and it'll be a good game and very tight. The one from Male and Cincy X will roll.

Let's hope they can finally string two good weeks in a row together.

On 9/23/2023 at 1:05 PM, NLTanker1 said:

Trinity has won 2 in a row against the Bombers, including 2 years ago when X was a top 10 team in the country. The Rocks were bad that year and were able to squeeze out a 33-32 win. Last years blowout victory is a head scratcher (not unlike this season so far). Nothing would surprise me at this point. As disappointed as I am in Cobb, I won't pick against my Alma Mater.

Trinity- 31

North X-  28

I'll be on vacation in Florida. So I guess I'll check in here for updates.

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Apparently Cincy X struggles to throw the ball and are very run heavy. How does T stack up against the game plan?

1 hour ago, Breds82 said:

Apparently Cincy X struggles to throw the ball and are very run heavy. How does T stack up against the game plan?

I would imagine X will struggle to run the ball with a lot of success, especially if they can’t throw it. 

Isn’t Herbstreit the QB for X?

12 minutes ago, fatsnbul said:

Isn’t Herbstreit the QB for X?

Yes, he was 9-13 for 69 yds and no td's against Elder.

Boys at work (Elder guys) saying he’s not exactly working out and he was pulled after the first drive. 

29 minutes ago, Breds82 said:

Boys at work (Elder guys) saying he’s not exactly working out and he was pulled after the first drive. 

Seems like 9-13 for 69 yds on one drive is pretty good.

I’m just going with what’s reported. Elder bkys get a little intense when it comes to the Purple.

I know Herbstreit was the one who led the drive to get the game tying field goal at the end of regulation, but it definitely seems like we will get X in the wing offense for a big piece of this game. 382 rushing yards against the Panthers is an eye popping stat and the sophomore Vollmer is a very capable runner. I thought he could really push Herbstreit this year after seeing him as a freshman against the Rocks last year but I never thought I would see them run the Wing. Napier is also a quality back and putting 4* Michigan DL commit Ted Hammond on offense makes them very tough to stop. I have to think they will try to slow the game down, limit the amount of possessions and really test the mettle of the Trinity linebackers and secondary. The front seven has to understand that this now becomes assignment football, in the words of legendary defensive coordinator Mickey Kalbhin. Know your man and know where he's going.

Defensively, this is the traditional 3-3-5 Specht stack with the adjuster. Cobb and the Trinity offense have done well against them in recent years and Johnson has been getting a crash course in his defense all week. Elder did a decent job against them but GCL passing leader Matt Ponatoski was only 6-of-21 for 62 yards for Moeller against them. Hammond is an absolute monster who played hard all game for them, so it remains to be seen how capable he is playing both ways now. Gordy Sulfsted is also a tremendous ball player and will be a sure-fire high D-1 prospect. He leads the GCL in sacks and anchors another solid Specht defense. Jakobe Clapper and Noah Beck are tackling machines and also really stand out on film.

Thanks to last week, a lot of the "pressure" seems to have lifted off of the Trinity staff. Johnson, Sansbury, and the Trinity offense played their best game in a long time against the Tigers and the defense was flying all over the field. Brandon Stafford had maybe 1 ball thrown his way at cornerback and Sekou Kamara did an outstanding job against the speedy receivers Louisville X threw at him. However, I know after losing back-to-back GCL games it will not be easy to go into Ballaban Field and get a win against the Bombers. Steve Specht and Andrew Coverdale are two of the best coaches I have ever been in the presence of and are more than capable of giving us nightmares all game long to deal with. Trinity must come in ready to attack the wing on defense, frustrate Vollmer or Herbstreit any time they drop back to pass, and keep running the ball to open up the passing attack. I also think this is a game where Carson Hilbert will be relied on heavily. He has done an outstanding job punting and the last time we went up to North Bend Road, Kellen McLaughlin needed to hit hit 4 field goals including a school-record 53 yarder in that 33-32 classic. His Howitzer of a leg can pin them deep on kickoffs and get points on the board if we need them in a field goal type scenario. I personally can't wait to get up there and see this matchup! Go Rocks! ☘️

Bump.