The Trinity Football team, coming off a impressive win against Christchurch last Saturday, seemed amped up coming into Saturday's game against Number 1 ranked Bishop Sullivan. Trinity, ranked 4th in division Two standing with a 2-3 record, stormed out of the gates on the right foot. They drove right down to Bishop Sullivan's 13 yard line behing the running attack of Abe Ferrell-Logan and Caedan Knight, before settling for a field goal nailed by Will Michael mid way through the first quarter. The defense for trinity also came out of the gates really stellar, forcing the dynamic offense of Bishop Sullivan to punt, turn it over, and punt on their first three drives. Trinity owned the first quarter, and it showed on the scoreboard, as they were up 3-0. On their second drive, the Trinity offense once again looked great, moving right down the field against the Crusaders defense, highlighted by a 38 yard catch by Anthony Roberson from Abe Ferrell-Logan. But the drive also stalled deep into Bishop Sullivan territory, and Will Michael ended up missing a 27-yard field goal wide right, shifting the momentum of the game over to Bishop Sullivan. The Trinity defense once again halted that momentum, and got a nice return from Caedan Knight on the ensuing kick. Neeshant Parikh than nailed a 34-yard strike to Rimoni Dorsey in the end zone. making it 10-0 Titans. The Trinity defense started to falter a little bit, allowing Bishop Sullivan to score 12 unanswered points to finish off the half and put them in the lead going into the locker rooms. Bishop Sullivan got the ball to start the 2nd half, and started to fire passes all over the field, one landing in the end zone coming out of the break to put them up, 18-10. The Trinity offense was trying to claw their way back into the game possession by possession, but could get nowhere. Some turnovers stalled some good looking drives, and unfortunately turned the momentum in Bishop Sullivan's favor after continuing to capitalize on the miscues. After the 3rd quarter, The Crusaders had extended their streak of unanswered points to 34 as the score was 34-10, Crusaders. Momentum finally seemed to shift somewhat in the 4th quarter, as Neesh connected with Rimoni again in the end zone, this time from 26-yards out, mid way through the fourth quarter. After a 8-point response from Bishop Sullivan on a TD and 2-point conversion, There was only 4 minutes left on the clock. Not trying to risk his starting quarterback late in a not very close game, Mickens put in recently transferred sophomore QB Bailey Hardy in at the helm of the offense for the final few minutes. In his very first play from scrimmage, Bailey hit Jack Freudanthal on a 6-yard curl route, in which he spun off a tackler and booked it down the sideline for a very nice 69-yard Touchdown. Will Michael nailed the extra point, and that would be that. Trinity lost one where the effort and grit was most definitely showed against a tough opponent.
HIGHLIGHTS: Neeshant Parikh went 5-11, 88 yards, 2 TDS, 2 INTS. Abe Ferrell-Logan had 20 carries for 85 yards and threw for 50 yards and 1 INT. Rimoni Dorsey had 70 yards receiving and 2 TDS, and also 1 pick from the defensive side. Jack Freudanthal had 80 yards receiving and 1 TD.
UP NEXT: Trinity will try and up their record to 3-4 next Saturday on Homecoming against #2 Blue Ridge.
PICTURE COURTESY OF: Clovis Khoury
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