Trinity is going to be a beast this season.  I don’t see any team from Kentucky (maybe Boyle but obviously they don’t play) beating Trinity this year.

30 minutes ago, Cousin Chris said:

Trinity is going to be a beast this season.  I don’t see any team from Kentucky (maybe Boyle but obviously they don’t play) beating Trinity this year.

They will obviously be better than what they were today, but seems odd to make such a claim after a 3-0 performance. 

11 minutes ago, LongTimeReader said:

They will obviously be better than what they were today, but seems odd to make such a claim after a 3-0 performance. 

Maybe says more about Springfield than Trinity. They are a top contender in Ohio.

They have been in the Ohio D1 championship game 3 years in a row and they are loaded with 3 and 4 star kids.  I don’t think Trinity will face anyone in Kentucky that is as good as Springfield.  The Rocks defense looks to be very very good and with all those weapons on offense I just don’t think anyone in Kentucky can hang with them.

Trinity will have its ups and downs early, but will be rolling mid-season.  They looked much better than last year's Springfield scrimmage.  Final was 3-0, but there was 2 dropped TDs in the endzone on seperate drives.  They were without 3 starting OL, who were held out.  They are starting 10 sophomores, once things come together they will be nearly unstoppable in KY. 

For anyone interested about last year.

 

I saw an article that said Springfield (OH) won the 7 on 7 tournament at Ohio St. Based on what I saw they wouldn't be winning any 7 on 7 tournaments as Trinity pretty much shut them down, so it looks like the Shamrock defense is going to be very good. 

This has been an ideal matchup for us in the preseason the last few years. Springfield is extremely well coached and seems very adept at making changes on the fly. That being said, we had the same struggles as they did with some dropped passes, penalties, coverages, blocking, etc. Our OL was a little hampered from the offseason but it was good to see a few of them rotate in to get some work. Shields looked great from what I saw and hopefully the tape bears that out. Johnson had some difficulties throwing with the wind, as did Upshaw from SHS, but he connected on a tremendous hole-shot to Lynn for a huge gain. I would take throwing in rain and snow over wind any day.

The Defense looked fantastic as other have mentioned and I was very impressed with the defensive line. Sebastian Blue is going to be a wrecker and his monster frame coupled with an all-out mentality is going to be fun to watch this year! JC Wilson did a nice job as well and Jahbarri Frost and Bailey Vance made some nice plays as well. KeAndre Thompson and Juleone Carney also had great games and really stifled the rushing attack. The staff mixed it up a bit in the secondary with LA Evans and Sonny Bratcher-Gray getting the starts. Sekou Kamara came in a drive later I believe and was solid in coverage as well. Will Ford and Caleb Ricks had nice games at safety and should compliment their younger teammates well on the edges this season. Also playing well were LBs KeAnthony Calloway, Luke Vise and Nick Lococo, DBs Elijah Burns-Crump and Grant Fitzpatrick.

My player of the game was K/P Carson Hilbert. He had a huge opening kickoff that hit the back line of the end zone. Had two more booming punts to flip the field and scored the game's only points with his 40-yard field goal into a tricky wind in the second quarter. 

Overall it was a fun game to watch and I know the guys had fun hitting someone else for a change. I also like the fact that only a few guys on the team have earned their helmet stickers and Coach has made that an emphasis. Bryan Station is now less than two weeks away and have heard that a possible national audience could be seeing that one...?

14 minutes ago, #RockNation said:

This has been an ideal matchup for us in the preseason the last few years. Springfield is extremely well coached and seems very adept at making changes on the fly. That being said, we had the same struggles as they did with some dropped passes, penalties, coverages, blocking, etc. Our OL was a little hampered from the offseason but it was good to see a few of them rotate in to get some work. Shields looked great from what I saw and hopefully the tape bears that out. Johnson had some difficulties throwing with the wind, as did Upshaw from SHS, but he connected on a tremendous hole-shot to Lynn for a huge gain. I would take throwing in rain and snow over wind any day.

The Defense looked fantastic as other have mentioned and I was very impressed with the defensive line. Sebastian Blue is going to be a wrecker and his monster frame coupled with an all-out mentality is going to be fun to watch this year! JC Wilson did a nice job as well and Jahbarri Frost and Bailey Vance made some nice plays as well. KeAndre Thompson and Juleone Carney also had great games and really stifled the rushing attack. The staff mixed it up a bit in the secondary with LA Evans and Sonny Bratcher-Gray getting the starts. Sekou Kamara came in a drive later I believe and was solid in coverage as well. Will Ford and Caleb Ricks had nice games at safety and should compliment their younger teammates well on the edges this season. Also playing well were LBs KeAnthony Calloway, Luke Vise and Nick Lococo, DBs Elijah Burns-Crump and Grant Fitzpatrick.

My player of the game was K/P Carson Hilbert. He had a huge opening kickoff that hit the back line of the end zone. Had two more booming punts to flip the field and scored the game's only points with his 40-yard field goal into a tricky wind in the second quarter. 

Overall it was a fun game to watch and I know the guys had fun hitting someone else for a change. I also like the fact that only a few guys on the team have earned their helmet stickers and Coach has made that an emphasis. Bryan Station is now less than two weeks away and have heard that a possible national audience could be seeing that one...?

You know more than me here but there will be high quality video of the game from Glicod.com.  Thanks Glicod!!

https://www.glicod.com/video-stream-2/

4 minutes ago, theguru said:

You know more than me here but there will be high quality video of the game from Glicod.com.  Thanks Glicod!!

https://www.glicod.com/video-stream-2/

Will share when I have confirmation ?

1 hour ago, #RockNation said:

This has been an ideal matchup for us in the preseason the last few years. Springfield is extremely well coached and seems very adept at making changes on the fly. That being said, we had the same struggles as they did with some dropped passes, penalties, coverages, blocking, etc. Our OL was a little hampered from the offseason but it was good to see a few of them rotate in to get some work. Shields looked great from what I saw and hopefully the tape bears that out. Johnson had some difficulties throwing with the wind, as did Upshaw from SHS, but he connected on a tremendous hole-shot to Lynn for a huge gain. I would take throwing in rain and snow over wind any day.

The Defense looked fantastic as other have mentioned and I was very impressed with the defensive line. Sebastian Blue is going to be a wrecker and his monster frame coupled with an all-out mentality is going to be fun to watch this year! JC Wilson did a nice job as well and Jahbarri Frost and Bailey Vance made some nice plays as well. KeAndre Thompson and Juleone Carney also had great games and really stifled the rushing attack. The staff mixed it up a bit in the secondary with LA Evans and Sonny Bratcher-Gray getting the starts. Sekou Kamara came in a drive later I believe and was solid in coverage as well. Will Ford and Caleb Ricks had nice games at safety and should compliment their younger teammates well on the edges this season. Also playing well were LBs KeAnthony Calloway, Luke Vise and Nick Lococo, DBs Elijah Burns-Crump and Grant Fitzpatrick.

My player of the game was K/P Carson Hilbert. He had a huge opening kickoff that hit the back line of the end zone. Had two more booming punts to flip the field and scored the game's only points with his 40-yard field goal into a tricky wind in the second quarter. 

Overall it was a fun game to watch and I know the guys had fun hitting someone else for a change. I also like the fact that only a few guys on the team have earned their helmet stickers and Coach has made that an emphasis. Bryan Station is now less than two weeks away and have heard that a possible national audience could be seeing that one...?

Great report.    It looked to me that Zane Johnson (T-QB) has grown a couple of inches and is leaner.    He seems to have better pocket presence and is more nimble.  He made some big-time throws IMO.     As stated, there were some dropped passes and there were some throws that just did not quite connect.   Repetitions will hopefully correct that.  The receiving corps will need to step up.    I heard that 2-3 starting OL-men for T did not play.   (I'm sure Springfield had players out, too.)   I was impressed by the low number of penalties in the scrimmage.   Congrats to both teams.  I question whether either team "opened up the playbook."  People may get tired of hearing that T is young, but it is true.   I think T's success this season will depend on how the youngsters develop and on the quality of the leadership  provided by the older players.