No. 3 Blessed Trinity capped the program’s first undefeated regular season with a hard-fought 28-21 win over Cedar Grove on Friday at the Titans’ field.
Milton Shelton rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns, and Conor Davis scored a go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard sneak with two minutes to play to lift the Titans to the Region 4-AAA championship. Blessed Trinity (10-0, 6-0) will be the No. 1 seed out the region in the state playoffs.
It’s the second straight region title for Blessed Trinity, but it wasn’t easy.
Cedar Grove (8-2, 5-1) grabbed its first lead early in the third quarter. The Saints drove 63 yards on eight running plays, with workhorse Labron Morris breaking tackles on a 6-yard touchdown run to make it 21-14.
In need of a drive, the Titans delivered with a 12-play. 77-yard scoring drive, capped by Shelton’s 23-yard touchdown to tie the score, 21-21, with 11:53 left in the fourth quarter.
Cedar Grove drove down to the Blessed Trinity 29 on its ensuing drive, but ended up turning it over on downs with 9:13 to play.
The Titans capitalized with a 15-play, 62-yard drive that was capped with Davis' sneak on 2nd and goal. Blessed Trinity converted on a 4th and 3 on the drive on a Shelton run, and Davis hit Jake Bogosian on a 28-yard pass down to Cedar Grove 3.
The game was tied, 14-14, at halftime.
Blessed Trinity scored on its first drive of the game, marching 68 yards in five plays with Pat Jasinski scoring on an 11-yard reverse.
Cedar Grove answered right back, with Adrian Green’s big kickoff return setting up the Saints at the Blessed Trinity 30. Eight plays later, Antwuan Jackson scored on a 1-yard plunge to tie the score, 7-7.
Jasinksi picked off Cedar Grove quarterback Jelani Woods to set up Blessed Trinity’s next score, an 8-yard touchdown run off by Shelton early in the second quarter. Shelton went over 1,000 yards on the season in the game.
The Saints pulled even before the half on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Jelani Woods to Benjy Parrish on a 4th and goal.
Cedar Grove had won seven straight games since a Week 2 loss to Columbia. Morris had 153 of the Saints’ 182 yards.
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