Topic: Football
Male vs. Trinity
Class 6A 2020 UK Orthopaedics/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl Championship
Kroger Field Commonwealth Stadium
Lexington, KY
December 19, 2020
© 2020 by Ron Harrison
Coach Chris Wolfe’s Male Bulldogs enters this game with an 8-1 record. Jaylin Bross leads their ground game with 1059 yards and 19 touchdowns on 110 carries. Daniel Swinney carried the ball 42 times for 385 yards and seven touchdowns. Matthew Ford recorded 294 yards and five touchdowns on 43 carries. Nick Schutte completed 76 of 122 passes for 1041 yards and 16 touchdowns with five interceptions. Vincel Anthony caught 28 passes for 479 yards and eight touchdowns. Max Gainey added 21 receptions for 238 yards and two touchdowns. Brooks Harris recorded 10 receptions for 149 yards and four touchdowns. Jaylin Bross scored 130 points on 20 touchdowns and five 2-point conversions. Vincel Anthony added 56 points on nine touchdowns and one 2-point conversion.
Coach Bob Beatty’s Trinity Shamrocks enters this game with a 9-0 record and arguably one of the best all time Trinity teams. They have held opposing teams to minus yardage on the ground for the season and recorded 40.5 sacks. Armon Tucker leads their ground game with 763 yards and 13 touchdowns on 109 carries. Brad West carried the ball 103 times for 601 yards and 12 touchdowns. Nathan McElroy completed 95 of 147 passes for 1228 yards and 16 touchdowns with four interceptions. Wynton Johnson caught 19 passes for 257 yards and two touchdowns. Jack Mitchell added 16 receptions for 241 yards and seven touchdowns. Gavin Simpkins caught 18 passes for 208 yards. Armon Tucker and Brad West each scored 90 points on 15 touchdowns. Jack Mitchell added 42 points on seven touchdowns.
Trinity captures their 27th State Championship with a 28-0 victory over a very good Male team. Trinity recorded 14 first downs and 289 yards of total offense. The Shamrocks were penalized twice for 19 yards. Male recorded five first downs and 141 yards of total offense. The Bulldogs were penalized six times for 40 yards, lost two fumbles, and had a pass intercepted.
Brad West led Trinity’s ground game with 96 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries. Armon Tucker carried the ball 19 times for 56 yards. Nathan McElroy completed nine of 16 passes for 147 yards and one touchdown. Collin Book caught three passes for 63 yards and a touchdown. Gavin Simpkins added two receptions for 24 yards. Owen Francia caught one pass for 44 yards. Roman White returned two punts for 36 yards with a long return of 36 yards. Jackson Schultz led the defense with four solo and one assisted tackles with one of his tackles resulting in a one yard loss. B. Stearman added three solo and three assisted tackles. D. Perry recorded three solo tackles with two of his tackles resulting in losses totaling 12 yards and recovered a fumble he returned 15 yards. William Zabel intercepted a pass he returned five yards. Brad West was named Game MVP.
Daniel Swinney led Male’s ground game with 23 yards on four carries. Jaylin Bross carried the ball nine times for 18 yards. Nick Schutte completed 11 of 21 passes for 111 yards. Vincel Anthony caught six passes for 60 yards. Brooks Harris added two receptions for 25 yards. Max Gainey returned three kickoffs for 69 yards with a long return of 45 yards. Elijah Manning led the defense with seven solo and five assisted tackles. Nicholas Coates added eight solo and two assisted tackles. Caden Reynolds recorded three solo and two assisted tackles with one of his tackles resulting in a seven yard loss. Selah Brown recorded three solo and two assisted tackles with 1.5 of his tackles resulting in losses totaling five yards.
Scoring Summary
| School | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
| Male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinity | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| TRINITY | - | Collin Book 44 yard pass from Nathan McElroy (K. McLaughlin kick) |
| TRINITY | - | Brad West 4 yard run (K. McLaughlin kick) |
| TRINITY | - | Brad West 10 yard run (K. McLaughlin kick) |
| TRINITY | - | Brad West 6 yard run (K. McLaughlin kick) |
Selected Statistics
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| Rushing | No. | Yds. | Avg. | Long |
| Daniel Swinney | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 16 |
| Jaylin Bross | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 7 |
| Team | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Nick Schutte | 5 | -11 | -2.2 | 4 |
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| Passing | A-C-I | Yds. | TD | Long |
| Nick Schutte | 21-11-0 | 111 | 0 | 37 |
| Micah Lackey | 1-0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Receiving | No. | Yds. | TD | Long |
| Vincel Anthony | 6 | 60 | 0 | 37 |
| Brooks Harris | 2 | 25 | 0 | 20 |
| Jaden Warfield | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| VJ Anthony | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Jaylin Bross | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| Rushing | No. | Yds. | Avg. | Long |
| Brad West | 19 | 96 | 5.1 | 18 |
| Armon Tucker | 19 | 56 | 2.9 | 10 |
| Nathan McElroy | 3 | -10 | -3.3 | 0 |
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| Passing | A-C-I | Yds. | TD | Long |
| Nathan McElroy | 16-9-0 | 147 | 1 | 44 |
| Brad West | 1-0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Receiving | No. | Yds. | TD | Long |
| Collin Book | 3 | 63 | 1 | 44 |
| Gavin Simpkins | 2 | 24 | 0 | 23 |
| Owen Francia | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 |
| Nathan Disney | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Wynton Johnson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Armon Tucker | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Acknowledgements
A special thanks to WL Stats and the KHSAA for the comprehensive stats provided for tonight's game.
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.