Topic: Football
Bell County vs. Lexington Catholic
Lexington Catholic High School
Lexington, KY
August 17, 2012
© 2012 by Ron Harrison
Lexington Catholic’s defense forced three fumbles and made a couple of key defensive stops to defeat a tough, determined Bell County team by a score of 21-7. The key play came late in the first half on fourth-and-five from the Bell County 24 Bell County’s Hayden Gilbert was dropped for a seven yard loss by LexCath’s Mike Lynch and the Knights took over on the Bell County 17 yard line. Kyle Bolin then found Braxton Couch in the endzone for a 17 yard touchdown with 1:16 left in the half. There was a bad snap on the conversion attempt but Bolin threw for the two point conversion to Nathan Burke to make the score 15-7 at halftime. Lexington Catholic had another key defensive stand in the third quarter as Bell County took over on their own one yard line and drove all the way to the Lexington Catholic four yard line before Bell County QB Corey Oslonian was sacked for a nine yard loss on a fourth-and-three play by Alex Nash.
Lexington Catholic recorded 14 first downs and 281 yards of total offense. The Knights were penalized nine times for 92 yards and had a pass intercepted. Bell County recorded 18 first downs and 268 yards of total offense. They were penalized twice for 23 yards and lost three fumbles.
Amoh Kumengisa carried the ball 11 times for 30 yards for the victors and Marcelis Logan added 30 yards on four carries. Kyle Bolin completed 17 of 31 passes for 213 yards and three touchdowns with one interceprion. David Bouvier caught nine passes for 100 yards and one touchdown. Sam Letton and Braxton Couch caught TD passes of 46 and 17 yards respectively. Kairon Snowden and Nick Foster led the defense in tackles with six solo and one assisted tackle each. Alex Nash had a big night on defense with six solo tackles with four of his tackles resulting in losses totalling 20 yards and recovered a fumble.
Jonathan Polly led Bell County’s ground game with 79 yards on 17 carries. Ryan Collett carried the ball 21 times for 65 yards and a touchdown. Corey Oslonian completed six of nine passes for 152 yards. Tyler Green caught three passes for 51 yards. Dylan Cox added two receptions for 72 yards. Corey Lee led the defense with five solo and two assisted tackles with one of his tackles resulting in an eight yard loss. Justin Warwick recorded five solo tackles. William Elliott and Dylan Cox each added four solo tackles.
Scoring Summary
| School | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Bell County | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Lexington Catholic | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 21 |
| BC | - | Ryan Collett 13 yard run (Hayden Gilbert kick) |
| LC | - | Sam Letton 46 yard pass from Kyle Bolin (Bobby Jacoby kick) |
| LC | - | Braxton couch 17 yard pass from Kyle Bolin (Nathan Burke pass from Kyle Bolin) |
| LC | - | David bouvier 7 yard pass from Kyle Bolin (Kyle Bolin pass fails) |
Selected Statistics
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| Rushing | No. | Yds. | Avg. | Long |
| Jonathan Polly | 17 | 79 | 4.6 | 14 |
| Ryan Collett | 21 | 65 | 3.1 | 13 |
| Shane Lawson | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 1 |
| Team | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 |
| Hayden Gilbert | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 |
| Corey Oslonian | 6 | -16 | -2.7 | 2 |
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| Passing | A-C-I | Yds. | TD | Long |
| Corey Oslonian | 9-6-0 | 152 | 0 | 58 |
| Peyton Collett | 1-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Receiving | No. | Yds. | TD | Long |
| Tyler Green | 3 | 51 | 0 | 20 |
| Dylan Cox | 2 | 72 | 0 | 58 |
| Justin Warwick | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 |
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| Lexington Catholic | ||||
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| Rushing | No. | Yds. | Avg. | Long |
| Amoh Kumengisa | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 11 |
| Marcelis Logan | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 14 |
| Noah Mitchell | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 |
| Kyle Bolin | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 7 |
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| Passing | A-C-I | Yds. | TD | Long |
| Kyle Bolin | 31-17-1 | 213 | 3 | 46 |
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| Receiving | No. | Yds. | TD | Long |
| David Bouvier | 9 | 100 | 1 | 30 |
| Anthony Kersey | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 |
| Noah Mitchell | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| Sam Letton | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46 |
| Braxton Couch | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 |
| Casey Nash | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Amoh Kumengisa | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Acknowledgements
A special thanks to WL Stats for the comprehensive stats provided for tonight's games.
Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning the event, teams, or players to me at prepgridiron@yahoo.com.
Ron Harrison’s reports on this and other football events appear on https://www.angelfire.com/ky2/prepgridiron.