Football Recap: Holy Trinity Falls Despite Big Games from Jayden Simpson and Josiah Patrick

By Team Reports Nov 5, 2024, 9:32pm

Football Recap: Holy Trinity Titans vs. St. Joseph-by-the-Sea Vikings

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Holy Trinity was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 38-31 hit to the loss column at the hands of the St. Joseph-by-the-Sea Vikings. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Titans of the 35-14 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in November of 2019.

Holy Trinity's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Josiah Patrick, who threw for 257 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, and Jayden Simpson, who picked up 157 receiving yards. The dominant performance also gave Simpson a new career-high in rushing yards (28).

Tommy Digregorio was his usual excellent self, rushing for 139 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 68 receiving yards for St. Joseph-by-the-Sea.

Holy Trinity's loss dropped their record down to 1-9. As for St. Joseph-by-the-Sea, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 8-2.

While Holy Trinity had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

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