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CovCath continues dominance versus Beechwood
- Updated: September 16, 2018
PARK HILLS, kentucky – Covington Catholic downed Beechwood 49-14 to advance to 5-0 on the season. Despite the comfortable win, Beechwood broke Covington Catholic’s streak of 15 games with a running clock versus KY teams.
Cov Cath had a total of 524 offensive yards while holding Beechwood to 196. Beechwood had more punting yards on six attempts then they did the whole game on offense.
Luke Summe from Covington Catholic had an 85-yard kickoff return to start off the scoring for the Colonels. Running back Casey McGinness had 11 rushing attempts for 173 yards and three touchdowns with four receptions for 40 yards and one receiving touchdown. Quarterback Caleb Jacob also had a good night, going 17-22 for 272 yards and three passing touchdowns.
With Beechwood scoring only 14 points, they surprisingly were 100 percent in the red zone (2-2) and on fourth down (1-1), while Covington Catholic went (2-3) in the redzone and (1-2) on fourth down. All of the scoring was done in the first three quarters, with both defenses playing strong in the fourth to not let up a point.
SCORING BY QUARTERS
Beechwood (KY) 7-0-7-0-14
Covington Catholic (KY) 7-21-21-0-49
FROM TWITTER
If you can take a hit LIKE THIS from Notre Dame commit @MMayer1001 and bounce back up, major respect @hankbirindelli.
But seriously…friends don’t let friends get hit by Michael Mayer. #Fox19FinalQuarter @fox19 @CovCathColonels pic.twitter.com/rQTf5KVlP4
— Jeremy Rauch (@FOX19Jeremy) September 15, 2018
2020 Notre Dame TE commit Michael Mayer warming up at Cov Cath. Dude is an animal. Not even fair he’s got another year left to play in high school. #Blitz5 pic.twitter.com/r1eRoCcbRy
— Brandon Saho (@BrandonSaho) September 14, 2018
SCORING PLAYS
BEECH: J.Odom 19 yd run (C.Graman kick)
CCH: L.Summe 85 yd kickoff return (T.Gronotte kick)
CCH: C.McGinness 45 yd run (T.Gronotte kick)
CCH: J.Coldiron 40 yd pass from C.Jacob (T.Gronotte kick)
CCH: C.McGinness 1 yd run (T.Gronotte kick)
CCH: M.Mayer 17 yd pass from C.Jacob T.Gronotte kick)
BEECH: H.Birindelli 5 yd pass from C.Hergott (C.Graman kick)
CCH: C.McGinness 64 yd run (T.Gronotte kick)
CCH: C.McGinness 50 yd pass from C.Jacob (T.Gronotte kick)
RECORDS: Beechwood (KY) (2-2); Covington Catholic (KY) (5-0)
UP NEXT: Beechwood (KY) travels to Holy Cross (Covington) (0-5); Covington Catholic (KY) at St. Francis de Sales (Columbus), OH (3-1)
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