Trinity Shamrocks

Head Coach: Bret Saxton (1st full season)

2023-24 Result: 27-8, 7th Region Champions, Sweet 16 Quarterfinalist

Graduations: Drae Vasser (G), Alex Johnson (PF)

Top Returners: Jayden Johnson (Jr., SG.), Julius Edmonds (Sr., C.), Josiah Lawson (Sr., PG)

Transfers OUT: Keriawn Berry (Jr., SG.) ➡️ Avon (Ind.)

Transfers IN: Xavier Cosby (Jr., SG) BACK at Trinity after a year at Manual

 

Early Outlook

Trinity is coming off another successful season on the Hardwood where the Shamrocks made a seventh run to the Sweet 16.

The Shamrocks return three of their top five scorers from a year ago with Jayden Johnson being the biggest name. A Four-Star per 247Sports in the 2026 class, Johnson has multiple DI offers from power conference programs. That includes most recently USC, Arizona State, and Indiana. Julius Edmonds, at 6-6, is listed as a center and is the team's second returning scorer and was the top rebounder last season. He is getting some more college interest at the DII and DI level, being recruited as a SF. Look for those two to be the leaders on the court for Trinity.

Looking forward to see how Josiah Lawson and Lance Chandler progress. Both were around 130-point scorers last season and are great options carrying the ball up the court. Some players to watch include seniors Avery Frasher (PG) and Rocco Pfeiffer (G). Those two, along with Chandler, seemed to be the ones who could make those extra and often times gritty plays that got the juices going for Trinity. Very intrigued by Xavier Cosby. He is back at Trinity after a year at Manual. He looked good in June with the Shamrocks.

Will be interesting to see how all these guards pan out. Only so many minutes in a game and there has seemed to be a lot of good shown by that entire group. 

Missing holes that need to be filled are due to the losses of Drae Vasser and Alex Johnson. Will be tough to replace the heart and toughness Vasser played with, as well as his leadership. Johnson was good down low, T's best free throw shooter, and could stretch the defense with his range when he wanted. Tough to replace. Losing a potential star in Keriawn Berry hurts as well. He's been young the past few seasons but the upside is clearly there. 

Biggest concern heading into the season may be size. But that's something the Rocks have generally lacked since their first title run in 2012. Confident, however, that this team can score and run with anyone. They did so last year and clearly showed that off this past summer as well. And as always, not many good or great Trinity teams have played poor defense. 

Schedule

Trinity has yet to release their full schedule but some games have started to trickle out. Trinity will open, once again, against DeSales on December 3rd. Trinity and DeSales have gone to OT and 2OT in two of their last three meetings. Next up is Male on December 6th. That game could potentially be a seventh region title preview. Cov Cath and Ballard other games that have been released to circle. Shamrocks will be in the King of The Bluegrass as always. 

Here's a list of games thus far from the KHSAA site:

DATE	OPPONENT	SITE	SCORE				STATS?
Tue, Dec 3, 24	DeSales	home					7:30 PM
Fri, Dec 6, 24	Male	home					7:30 PM
Fri, Dec 13, 24	Atherton	home					7:30 PM
Sat, Jan 4, 25	Mercer County	away					7:30 PM
Thu, Jan 9, 25	Oldham County	home					7:30 PM
Sat, Jan 11, 25	WEB DuBois	home					6:00 PM
Fri, Jan 24, 25	Covington Catholic	home					7:30 PM
Tue, Jan 28, 25	Madison Central	away					7:30 PM
Fri, Feb 7, 25	Lexington Catholic	away					12:01 AM
Sat, Feb 8, 25	Cathedral (Indianapolis), IN	home					7:00 PM
Tue, Feb 11, 25	Ballard	home					7:30 PM
Sat, Feb 15, 25	Henderson County	home					4:00 PM
Fri, Feb 21, 25	Montgomery County	away					7:30 PM

 

 

I look for T to be right in the mix at the end of the year.

The talent is there. It may take a while to mesh but they will be really good.

Trinity will be tough for sure. 

Trinity has their full schedule up now on the school website.

 

Date	Day	Opponent	Site	Time	Result
12/3/2024	Tue	DeSales	THS	7:30 PM
12/6/2024	Fri	Male	THS	7:30 PM
12/7/2024	Sat	PRTC Classic	Jackson County H.S.	TBD
12/13/2024	Fri	Atherton	THS	7:30PM
12/14/2024	Sat	Newport Classic	Newport	TBD
12/17/2024	Tue	Seneca	Seneca	7:30PM
12/18/2024	Wed	King of Bluegrass	Fairdale	TBD
12/27/2024	Fri	Lexington Catholic Tournament	Lexington Catholic	TBD
1/4/2025	Sat	Mercer County	Mercer County	7:30 PM
1/7/2025	Tue	North Oldham	North Oldham	7:30 PM
1/9/2025	Thu	Oldham County	THS	7:30 PM
1/11/2025	Sat	WEB Dubois	THS	6:00 PM
1/13/2025	Mon	LIT	Valley	TBD
1/24/2025	Fri	Covington Catholic	THS	7:30 PM
1/28/2025	Tue	Madison Central	Madison Central	8:00 PM
1/31/2025	Fri	St. Xavier	Bellarmine	7:30 PM
2/4/2025	Tue	CAL	CAL	7:30 PM
2/7/2025	Fri	Lexington Catholic	Lexington Catholic	7:30 PM
2/8/2025	Sat	Cathedral	THS	7:00 PM
2/11/2025	Tue	Ballard	THS	7:30 PM
2/14/2025	Fri	Waggener	Waggener	7:30 PM
2/15/2025	Sat	Henderson County	THS	4:00 PM
2/18/2025	Tue	Collins	Collins	7:30 PM
2/21/2025	Fri	Montgomery County	Montgomery County	7:30PM

 

They will surely have tournament experience come March... 

Is Julius Edmonds still at Trinity or is he back at Western? He’s listed on Westerns roster on KHSAA. 

2 hours ago, SpartansBasketball said:

Is Julius Edmonds still at Trinity or is he back at Western? He’s listed on Westerns roster on KHSAA. 

He's still listed on Trinity's roster as well so good question.

2 hours ago, SpartansBasketball said:

Is Julius Edmonds still at Trinity or is he back at Western? He’s listed on Westerns roster on KHSAA. 

His "X" profile still says Trinity.

On 10/16/2024 at 2:13 PM, Tigerpride94 said:

His "X" profile still says Trinity.

He is very much still at Trinity. Just an error in the Riherds system. Not the only team or player where I've seen such an error at this point.