| Shamrocks rout Waynesboro from staff report Wanynesboro- Rob Lutz and Jonathan Smith each rushed for over 100 yards and Trinity scored on five of its first six possessions on the way to a rule 53-0 treatment of Waynesboro. It was total domination for the visiting Shamrocks. Their defense, led by DT Will Healey (seven tackles and a TD interception) and linebacker Peter Alfano (eight tackles), held the Indians to two first downs and 51 net yards. Trinity not only ran for 342 yards (Lutz 137, Smith 114), but it threw for 146 as Chris Crane hit eight of nine passes. ~Patriot News~ Trinity 53, Waynesboro 0 Jonathan Smith scored three touchdowns in a 3:08 span in the middle of the second quarter to help fuel Trinity�s 53-0 nondivision victory over Waynesboro Friday night. Smith began to binge with a 6-yard run at 7:04 to go in the quarter with Trinity already leading 14-0. He scored again on a 37-yard dash and a third time on a 66-yarder.Scott Jocked closed out the big quarter with a 2-yard score. Rob Lutz took over in the third, scoring on rus of 70 and 60 yards. He finished with a team-best 137 yards on six carries while Smith piled up 114 on five touches. Quarterback Chris Crane connected 8-of-9 passes for 146 yards, including a 38 �yarder to Jeff DeFrank and a 34-yarder to Aaron Haslam. Bublers to test Trinity By Andrew P. Shay for the Patriot-News There�s no beating around the bush. Boiling Springs has played two quality opponents. Trinity has not played one. You can bet that will be a factor early when the teams square off Friday night in yet another key Liberty Division matchup. �It was nice getting kids experience, especially some of the new kids on offense,� said Trinity coach Jeff Boger, whose Shamrocks have outscored their opening two foes by a combined 84-7. �we have a lot of guys playing new positions. From that aspect, it�s been good. It gave those kids experience. �We�ll find out just how much Friday night.� The Bubblers are more than battle-tested after being deadlocked at 21 in their opener before pulling away and falling 6�to Biglerville last Friday. The Shamrocks have scored 54 of their last 84 points before halftime. Get the Picture? �I�m happy with what we�ve done so far,� Boger said. �One thing I do know is we can�t turn the ball over and have the penalties we did the first two games. We won�t get away with that against a team like Boiling Springs.� Trinity is loaded with offensive weapons. Halfback Rob Lutz has touched the ball 20 times this season for 318 yards with three touchdowns. Then there�s fullback Jonathan Smith, the transfer from Cedar Cliff. The 205-pound junior has carried only 11 times but has 146 yards and three long TDs. If he friends open field, say goodbye. And lost in all this rushing offense is quarterback Chris Crane. He�s completed 66 percent of his passes for 177 yards but has not thrown a TD pas. The junior could be the key if Boiling Springs is able to slow down the �Rocks� Wint-T offense. �They probably don�t have as much overall speed as they did last year, but Boiling Springs is still a very big team that is physical,� Boger said.� With what we have speedwise , we have to make things happen. We moved the ball last year and did some things without spreading the field on them.� For all its offense, Trinity�s success Friday night might hinge on how well its experience-laden defense plays. By the middle of last season, the shamrocks were giving up yards and points at an alarming rate. Boger responded by going with his youngerd players as starters. ~Patriot News~ Trinity 38, Steel High 6 Trinity remains perfect By James Phillips of the Patriot News It took a while for the undefeated Shamrocks to figure out how to get around the overall team speed of Steel-High last night. Actually, it was 3 fumbles, 3 interceptions and a blocked punt given up by the young rollers that got the rolling for the Shamrocks (4-0,2-0) as the rolled to a 38-6 victory in Mid-Penn Conference Liberty Division action. In fact, four turnovers led to Trinity touchdowns as the home tam took full advantage of the miscues. �We just took advantage of the turnover like a good team should. Steel-High had a lot of speed and our kids weren�t used to seeing that. It kind of took our kids by surprise.� Junior quarterback Chris Crane tossed two touchdown passes and ran for another and Rob Lutz added two more scores to lead the way for the Shamrocks, who amassed just 240 yards of total offense. Coming into the contest, Trinity was averaging 402 yards of offense, including 283 yards on the ground....... |