St. Henry-Holy Cross recreation – NKyTribune

NKyTribune
Northern Kentucky's Newspaper
By Audrey Carrico
NKyTribune sports activities reporter
A charging crusader on horseback led St. Henry into a brand new period of soccer Friday evening, however the workforce’s varsity debut led to a 47-0 loss to Holy Cross.
“It was fairly thrilling,” St. Henry coach Tim Odom stated. “For a few years, folks have needed this primary recreation.”
The celebrations had been short-lived as Holy Cross senior Thomas Maddox took the opening kickoff again for a landing, giving the Indians a fast 7-0 lead solely 19 seconds into St. Henry’s debut.
Early miscues price the Crusaders whereas Holy Cross quarterback Brian Ferguson rushed for one landing and added three extra by means of the air in a convincing first begin.
“He’s a particular younger man,” Holy Cross head coach Curt Spencer stated. “That is my fourth yr teaching Brian. When he has the ball, he’s electrical. You simply by no means know what’s going to occur.”
Although the rating was shortly out of attain for the Crusaders, they did make some performs.
Senior tight finish Caden Kunstek delivered the second of the evening, hovering over a Holy Cross defender to make a catch. Two performs later, nevertheless, a foul snap led to a Holy Cross restoration.
“There was rather a lot we did that excited the gang,” Odom stated. “However then we’d flip round a couple of performs later and quit a 60-yard pitch. We’re going to study the sport at our personal tempo. We’re simply making an attempt to be higher basically.”
Regardless of the loss, the Crusaders’ first varsity house recreation created an thrilling environment.
“I’ve carried out in entrance of crowds of 5,000 or 6,000 folks, however I’ve by no means felt that power earlier than,” stated coach Odom’s niece, Dani, who was the crusader on horseback.
She and her horse, Luke, plan to guide the cost at each St. Henry house recreation. The Crusaders have a recreation at Boone County subsequent Friday .
“We’re at this level of making an attempt to construct a soccer basis of information and method,” Odom stated.
Holy Cross, working with a compact 26-man roster, will purpose to proceed its robust begin in opposition to a Bracken County workforce ranked No. 9 among the many state’s Class 2A groups in a statewide coaches ballot.
“We’re going through one of many higher Class 2A applications within the state subsequent weekend,” Spencer stated. “We performed exhausting and fought with what we had. So total, I’d say it wasn’t too unhealthy of a day.”
ST. HENRY         0     0   0   0 — 0
HOLY CROSS  13   14  13   7 — 47
HC — Thomas Maddox kickoff return.
HC — Brian Ferguson 20-yard run
HC — Thornberry cross from Ferguson
HC — Max Hunt cross from Ferguson
HC — Thornberry cross from Ferguson
HC — Rieselman 74-yard run
HC — Charles Oglesby 16-yard run
RECORDS: Holy Cross 1-0, St. Henry 0-1
 

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