No. 8 St. Thomas Aquinas shuts out DeMatha

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Perennial national powers DeMatha and St. Thomas Aquinas tangle in South Florida.

In a word, dominating. In another word, smothering. Here's another word: shutout.

The St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) defense looked in midseason, or even postseason mode while recording a 38-0 victory over visiting DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) in a match-up of perennial national powers.

It was the first time DeMatha had been shutout since Week 2 of the 2011 season.

The Raiders (1-0) forced three turnovers in the first 15 minutes of play, then got a big all-around game from senior quarterback Curt Casteel (three touchdown passes) and Jamal Cooney, who caught two TD passes and returned a punt 50 yards to set up his own score, in an impressive win over the Maryland power. 

Two fumble recoveries, one returned 12 yards by Jahmar Brown for a touchdown, resulted in 10-0 lead earlier in the second quarter. A third fumble recovery led to a tough 5-yard touchdown run by Daniel Carter midway through the second quarter, making it 17-0.

Cooney then took over, returning a punt 50 yards, setting up a 3-yard TD pass from Curt Casteel, making it 24-0 just before halftime.

In the second half, Casteel threw a 16-yard scoring pass to Cooney, before finishing off the scoring with a 7-yarder to Jordan Battle.

From there, the defense did the rest.