It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but St. Thomas Catholic had no problem doing just that on Friday. They walked away with a 31-19 win over the Trinity Christian Trojans. The Eagles pushed the score to 31-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Trojans cut but never quite recovered from.
The critical scores for St. Thomas Catholic came from Derek Stevenson, Nate Tidwell, and Kenyan Navarre. Another player making a difference was Pierce Jacobson, who threw for 187 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to St. Thomas Catholic's defense and their five sacks. Trinity Christian's QB won't forget Liam Mccarthy anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Mccarthy is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last eight games he's played. St. Thomas Catholic got some further help from Obinna Umeh: he picked up a sack and made seven total tackles (4.0 for loss).
St. Thomas Catholic has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.3 points per game. As for Trinity Christian, they dropped their record down to 3-8 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
St. Thomas Catholic will challenge St. Michael's at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. St. Michael's is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30 points per game this season. Trinity Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
