Mentor OH- Live from Jerome T. Osborne Stadium, the (0-1) Lake Catholic Cougars hosted their Senior Night against (0-1) Holy Name Green Wave on Saturday evening.
1Q
Frankie Trinetti would trot out his offense for the games first possession. Josh Styles got his big night started off early with a big run on the games 2nd play. A carry that would go for 36-yards marched the Cougars inside the 50. Trinetti's completion to Ace Peterlin would quickly be overshadowed as the next pass thrown by the Cougar QB would be picked. William Dix Jr. intercepts Trinetti's pass and takes it 71-yards to the house for a pick-six.
Lake Catholic found themselves down 7-0 after their opening drive. DJ Sears and Josh Styles would carry the load on the ground for the Cougars 2nd possession. With the ball inside the 5-yard line, Ace Peterlin would take the handoff from Trinetti on the jet sweep, following his blockers into the end zone for the touchdown.
The point-after try was failed, the Green Wave would give up a touchdown defensively but still have a one-point lead (7-6) as their offense would take the field for the first time of the game. Andrew Cole and the Namers would be unable to come up with a first down, forced into a three-&-out with a punt to come to start the 2nd quarter. Holy Name leads 7-6.
2Q
William Dix's punt would be a short one, giving Lake Catholic the ball from the Namer 44-yard line. Before Holy Name knew it the Cougars would take the lead. Frankie Trinetti dialed up Cross Nimmo for a quick strike of 43-yards for the touchdown. Two-point conversion attempt would fail, leaving Lake Catholic with a 5-point lead at 12-7. The Green Wave possession would not last long as another punt would give the Cougars possession from the Holy Name 34-yard line. The short field would come in handy, in the blink of an eye Josh Styles 5-yard touchdown run would put Lake Catholic up by 11. The extra-point would said through the uprights to give Lake a 19-7 advantage.
The next Holy Name drive would end in the end zone. A QB sneak by Cole would turn into a 30-yard burst to put the Namers down inside the Cougar 40-yard line. On 3rd & 11 Andrew Cole connected with Blake Feliciano for a 36-yard strike for the score.
With the score sitting at 19-13 in favor of the Cougars, Trinetti would lead yet another scoring drive. Styles 7-yard run for a first down would set up Lake Catholic from the Namer 31-yard line. Frankie dialed up Cross Nimmo once again, this time from 31-yards out for the touchdown. Once again a failed extra-point, score sitting at 25-13. The Cougars would take the 12-point advantage into halftime.
3Q
The Green Wave would begin with possession, a strong drive led by a pair of 20-yard carries for Will Dix Jr. would eventually come to a screeching hault. Another big-time opportunity for Lake Catholic would be capatilized on. Frankie Trinetti called Ace Peterlin's number again. Peterlin's 45-yard touchdown reception blew the lid off of this one. Following a successful extra-point the Cougars lead had ballooned up to 19. Andrew Cole orchestrated another Holy Name scoring drive. His 15-yard completion ends in the hands of Blake Feliciano for his second touchdown of the night.
Lake Catholic's lead had been cut down to 12 once again, score sitting at 32-20. Josh Styles and DJ Sears would lead another drive. The 3rd quarter would come to an end, Cougars with possession from the Namer 34-yard line. 32-20 Lake Catholic Cougars
4Q
Ace Peterlin and Josh Styles would set the Cougars up with 1st & GOAL from the 10. Lake Catholic would pullout the play action, Holy Name left Peterlin wide open for the touchdown. His catch capped off a phenomenal night for the Cougar offense.
The Namers and Cougars would both collectively run out the clock on offense, sealing the deal. Lake Catholic would go on to win by a final of 39-20, picking up their first win of the season as Holy Name would drop to 0-2 on the year. The Green Wave will face the Linsly Cadets (WV) next week. The victorious Cougars venture to face the Akron Butchel Griffins in a week.
UNOFFICIAL STATS- Lake Catholic Cougars ; 490 Yards of Total Offense
Frankie Trinetti: 13/22 252YDS 4TD 1INT
Josh Styles: 27CAR 183YDS TD ; 1REC 27YDS
Ace Peterlin: 7REC 112YDS 2TD ; 3CAR 11YDS TD
Cross Nimmo: 3REC 86YDS 2TD
UNOFFICIAL STATS- Holy Name Green Wave ; 245 Yards of Total Offense
Andrew Cole: 5/16 69YDS 2TD ; 6CAR 55YDS
William Dix Jr: 9CAR 90YDS ; INT (Pick-Six)
Blake Feliciano: 2REC 50YDS 2TD