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Sunday, 18 November 2018
Highlands vs. Covington Catholic Class 5A KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl Round 3 Playoffs November 16, 2018
Topic: Football

2018HIGHCCPO

Highlands vs. Covington Catholic
Class 5A KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl Round 3 Playoffs

Covington Catholic High School
Park Hill, KY
November 16, 2018

© 2018 by Ron Harrison

Covington Catholic led 7-0 at halftime but pulled away in the second half to defeat Highlands by a score of 36-0.  Covington Catholic recorded 17 first downs and 405 yards of total offense.  The Colonels were penalized five times for 61 yards, lost a fumble, and had a pass intercepted.  Highlands recorded six first downs and 79 yards of total offense.  The Bluebirds were penalized three times for 32 yards and lost a fumble.

C. McGinness led Covington Catholic’s ground game with 201 yards and four touchdowns on 22 carries.  C. Jacob completed nine of 16 passes for 176 yards and one touchdown with one interception.  M. Mayer caught six passes for 140 yards and a touchdown.  J. Coldiron added one reception for 26 yards.  C. McGinness returned three punts for 51 yards with a long return of 41 yards.  J. Schuh returned one kickoff for 31 yards.  M. Mayer led the defense with 12 solo and one assisted tackles with two of his tackles resulting in losses totaling seven yards and recovered a fumble.  J. Shriver added five solo and one assisted tackles with three of his tackles resulting in losses totaling 19 yards. 

C. Schwalbach led Highland’s ground game with 27 yards on 11 carries.  J. Buten carried the ball 10 times for 20 yards.  G. Cramer completed five of 14 passes for 36 yards.  N. Roberts caught two passes for 18 yards.  H. Ahlfeld added two receptions for 10 yards.  B. Huddleston returned two kickoffs for 40 yards with a long return of 27 yards.  J. Buten returned two kickoffs for 45 yards with a long return of 24 yards.  J. Brass led the defense with nine solo tackles.  A. Reynolds added eight solo tackles.  J. Hagedorn recorded five solo tackles with two of his tackles resulting in losses totaling 25 yards and intercepted one pass he returned 20 yards.

Scoring Summary

School

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Final

Highlands

0

0

0

0

0

Covington Catholic

7

0

21

8

36

 

COVCATH

-

M. Mayer 65 yard pass from C. Jacob (T. Gronette kick)

COVCATH

-

C. McGinness 50 yard run (T. Gronette kick)

CVCATH

-

C. McGinness 15 yard run (T. Gronette kick)

COVCATH

-

C. McGinness 55 yard run (T. Gronette kick)

COVCATH

-

C. McGinness 7 yard run (C. McGinness run)

 

Selected Statistics

Highlands

 

Rushing

No.

Yds.

Avg.

Long

C. Schwalbach

11

27

2.5

9

J. Buten

10

20

2.0

9

G. Cramer

13

-4

-0.3

9

 

 

Passing

A-C-I

Yds.

TD

Long

G. Cramer 

14-5-0

36

0

13

 

 

Receiving

No.

Yds.

TD

Long

N. Roberts

2

18

0

13

H. Ahlfeld

2

10

0

7

A. Weyer

1

8

0

8

 

 

Covington Catholic

 

Rushing

No.

Yds.

Avg.

Long

C. McGinness

22

201

9.1

55

M. Boydston

5

14

2.8

5

C. Peak

1

9

9.0

9

L. Summe

1

4

4.0

4

R. Schneider

1

2

2.0

2

C. Jacob

2

-1

-0.5

9

 

 

Passing

A-C-I

Yds.

TD

Long

C. Jacob

16-9-1

176

1

65

 

 

Receiving

No.

Yds.

TD

Long

M. Mayer

6

140

1

65

J. Coldiron

1

26

0

26

Z. Coburn

1

6

0

6

L. Summe

1

4

0

4

 

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to the Covington Catholic Stats Crew 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.


Posted by REH at 10:00 AM EST
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