#RockNation

4 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said:

James was great football player but I thought he could be even better in track and potentially be a olympian but I think he liked football better.

Definitely liked football better but he was a slow starter in track. Might be why he couldn't beat Ronnie Baker in the 100. However, I would never have put anything past him. If he wanted it, he took it back then!

Video evidence:

Happy birthday to former Trinity wide receiver James Quick! The undisputed GOAT (as the kids say) turns 29 today.

James became the first freshman to ever start in a varsity game for the Rocks when he took the field against Louisville Eastern in 2009. He scored a touchdown in the state finals that year against St. Xavier and became the first player in KY history to score a TD in 4 straight title games. James finished as the state's all-time leader in receptions with 280 and amassed 4,437 yards receiving and 57 touchdowns. All are school records. He had 82 catches for 1,434 yards and 21 touchdowns for the 15-0 2011 National Championship team, which is regarded as one of the best high school football teams of all time by MaxPreps, Rivals and ESPN. He completed his time at Trinity with 3 football championships (2010-2012), the 2012 basketball championship as a guard, and 3 straight individual titles in the 200m dash, setting the state record at 20.94 seconds in 2011. That time was the track record at UofL for quite some time as well and James managed it when he was just a junior. As a senior, James accepted an invite to the 2012 US Army All-American game in San Antonio (alongside head coach Bob Beatty and OC Andrew Coverdale) where he caught the game winning touchdown and was named MVP of the game. He committed to Louisville over Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama and several others during that game on NBC. He was named 2012 Gatorade Player of the Year for Kentucky and also was named the Shamrock's third Mr. Football award winner after Jeff and Brian Brohm. He is one of three athletes to have his number retired at Trinity. 

The 5-star receiver went on to Louisville and was a primary target for Lamar Jackson during his Heisman campaign in 2016. He now coaches wide receivers at Kentucky Country Day school in Louisville. 🎂☘️ 

Redemption is definitely on the mind of this team after last year, but that will not be the only focus. To me this is a much improved squad from even 3 weeks ago and I know what this team is thinking about now! RB Clint Sansbury looks to be a go, which if you saw the hit he took at Cincy X you'd know how lucky he and the Rocks are! QB Zane Johnson is throwing with a lot of confidence and the team has shown they can "win ugly" now as well. The offensive line has really come around and LT Matt Higgins is definitely one of the state's best. WR Jeremiah Lynn has made the leap and is a bonafide star in Kentucky with huge games the last 4 weeks against Camel, Male, Louisville X and Cincinnati X. Brady McEnaney, Drew Davis and Nate Tronzo did an outstanding job in the front-7 last week, shutting down a Bomber offense that rushed for over 350 yards of offense against Elder. St. X managed less than 230 total yards of offense for the game and became the third of the last four opponents with that distinction.

For Ballard, Journey Wyche is definitely one of the best backs we will see for the rest of the year. He averages 7 yards per carry and backup Demari Edelen averages 10.2 per rush. SO QB Larry Irvin really likes to throw it around and WRs Maurice Stephens and Daelen Thompson will test our secondary when the Bruins throw it. They are not huge up front, but DE Mikel Clack is among the state's leaders with 8.5 sacks and 8 tackles for loss. LB Davon Rudolph has 71 tackles and has also forced 3 fumbles. 

This matchup has been a good one the last few years and Trinity needs to continue the trend of not making mistakes and capitalizing when the opposition does. The Rocks are 3-0 when forcing more than 2 turnovers and tonight will be a prime opportunity to get after the young Bruins. Go Rocks! ☘️

On 10/3/2023 at 2:11 PM, Rock85 said:

Radio?

Yes sir, 970 WGTK!

15 hours ago, fatsnbul said:

7:00pm start and online tickets only?

That's what we've been told

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! ☘️

41 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

What is the typical attendance to a T and X game?

Around 15-18 thousand recently. 2008 regular season was the peak at 38,500 and NFL Films was there to capture it for a documentary on Thanksgiving that year.  

Just from my perspective as keys to the game:

-Pressure on Havill is a must. He likes to "hike it and heave it" a little too much under duress and he definitely has guys who can come down with it in Holloway, Harbin, and Barbee. The Rocks are much better at the corners this time around with Kamara and Stafford, but any blips could be touchdowns to those guys.

-Mahan/Washburn vs. Guillaume. Guillaume is clearly X's best lineman and probably the best player on the team. Claude, Zyan and any other DL he faces has to win at least part of the time. Tronzo will get doubled all game as he has all year, so whoever the interior 0-technique/shade defenders are have to get loose and get in the backfield. Coach Fox will no doubt rely on sim pressures and blitzes up the middle to confuse him and help our DL. Yates and Gray are quality backs who average over 5.9 yards per carry, so beating Guillaume in the middle can really hamper the X run game.

-Zero Mistakes. The Rocks have continued to get punts and kicks blocked again this year and that cannot happen if they want to win this game. No more red zone turnovers, no snaps over the head or on the ground. This has all led to being in high-leverage situations either being backed up against their own goal line or getting behind on the scoreboard. Offensive drives need to end in points and the defense will need their rest against this big offensive line and speedy skill players

I hope Coach Cobb can put it together and get the monkey off his back in the series. Trinity definitely has the ability to win this game, and were a dropped pass from it last year. Hopefully the Shillelagh is back on Shelbyville Road around 11pm tonight! Go Rocks! ☘️

On 9/16/2023 at 2:22 PM, NLTanker1 said:

A lot of this has to do with Rob Mullins and his view that Trinity football is not as important to the school as the fans make it out to be. Hence the change in the field. He told me that all the white was bad for the soccer team. I asked when was the last time soccer packed the stadium. He ignored me. Not that the soccer team doesn't deserve the facilities too, but be realistic. 

Lol

This game will be on the WDRB+ app as well, since it is a home game, FYI

Fr. Harry Jansing was our longtime AD and a major figure in putting Trinity on the map in the State of Kentucky...Buck Marshall owned Marshall Realty Company which sat adjacent to the Trinity land and he donated money and land to Trinity to be used

Rocks played the A team and Ft. Wayne Dwyer (IN) played the B team on Saturday...Trinity did not dress any immediate backups for this game (Kamara, Johnson, McBroom, Carney, etc.) 

Backup QB at Moeller was exceptional. Trinity QB Pfeiffer showed flashes and Rocks need to get off the mat to go up to CG this Saturday. 

The game is moved back to 8pm start time for now and the Athletic Department will be monitoring all week. The Freshman game is also moved to 10am from 11. Will try to update more as I hear it.

What is the story on the starting QB? Really thought they’d talk about it during the broadcast but I didn’t hear a mention of it

2 hours ago, Tigerpride94 said:

Who started at QB for Trinity?

Jackson Hepner…Zane Johnson played the second quarter and then came back in when it was a blowout.

2 hours ago, fatsnbul said:

Will the same feed be on NFHS? Replay purposes. I’ll be at the game.

Different feed, NFHS uses their own camera installed on the home press box

On 8/17/2023 at 3:18 PM, NLTanker1 said:

The stat guy keeps you guys pretty balanced. If it weren't for him, I think it would come unraveled quickly.

Zero doubt about it!!

Was told yesterday the video feed will be shot by the students who shoot the Jumbotron footage, so be easy on them in your criticisms!!! You can feel free to criticize us on the radio/audio however you want though! Hahaha 

13 hours ago, fatsnbul said:

Will replays be made available?

Not 100% sure, but I think everything that goes onto the Videoboard will be what is streamed, so I’d say yes…I’ll try to get an answer for that.

14 hours ago, KP33 said:

Would any of the Shamrock faithfuls happen to know if Bryan station and Trinity ever played in football prior to 1999 and 2022?

1971 BS 6 THS 0
1972 THS 21 BS 14
1975 THS 18 BS 0
1976 THS 27 BS 6

Per an Alumnus

The DL I mentioned in the OP is actually Julian, not Frost. I did not have a roster and was corrected by someone on staff. Apologies.

Offensive line for Varsity looks further along than last year, but still things to work on. The snap by Kays over Hepner's head was bad. Higgins looked great and I thought Kays was solid other than the fumble. They blocked the screen plays well and Sansbury had some room to run. Hernandez and Bratcher will continue to gel with the others and hopefully we have a formidable unit by Week 11!

On 8/6/2023 at 12:30 PM, Trinity23 said:

What’re your thoughts on the Oline this year?  Also, just how good is this freshman team I keep hearing about?  
 

Quick, Dawkins, Hatcher good? 

 

Side note…. The Dline and linebackers look big 

Very early to tell but they have the hype. I was on staff and around the '13 guys as Freshmen a lot and this team has a little different feel. Quick was touted as the next Mike Bush and he definitely lived up to that. Ryan White became the best DB in school history and had a tremendous career at Vanderbilt. Dalyn Dawkins became a superstar and had was on a few NFL rosters. Travis Wright became the winningest QB in school history (more wins than Brian, Jeff, DeSensi, Petrino, et al.) Hatcher, Trey Wright, Bobby Bryant, Connor Hill and some others I am for sure forgetting all had All-State type careers.

That being said, I am not putting these guys in that category after one scrimmage. The QB looks the part, for sure. Outstanding arm talent and poise. Dad is a coach and it shows. Also quick to own a mistake and put the reassurance back in his WR to come back to him. The corner also looks very solid, albeit small for a Varsity player. The LB's and DL that I saw are big and fast and will grow under this outstanding defensive staff. Didn't see much of the OL, but they are big also. The jury is out, but it will be fun to see how it plays out.