Game of the Week: Trinity Catholic versus Florida State High

Trinity Catholic players emerge from their smoke-filled tunnel before their game against P.K. Yonge during the regional semifinal at Trinity Catholic High School in Ocala, Fla. on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. Trinity Catholic won the game. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette] 2021.

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Posted November 24, 2021 | By Joel Bronson
joel@ocalagazette.com

After a convincing 35-7 victory over P.K. Yonge in the class 3A regional semifinals, the Trinity Catholic Celtics prepare to host the Florida State High School Seminoles from Tallahassee.

In the victory against P.K. Yonge, Celtics junior running back Beau Beard rushed for 134 yards on just 15 carries. Senior quarterback Cole Gonzalez added 65 passing yards and a touchdown.

Florida State High rolled 55-7 in their semifinal match-up over Walton. The Seminoles were led by senior quarterback Tre Donaldson’s 172 passing yards and four touchdowns in the win.

The Seminoles will enter Friday night’s game with a stout defense that recorded a whopping 24 quarterback sacks. Junior linebacker Ryan Knight’s tallied eight sacks on the season, and senior linebacker Jelani Hall contributed six for the Seminoles.

The winner of Friday night’s game will move on to the final four and play the Lakeland Christian/Benjamin winner. That game will be played on December 3^rd at 7:30.

The Celtics have won two state championships in their football history. The first came in 2005, under then head coach Kerwin Bell. John Brantley, current head coach, won the program’s second state title in 2010.

In 2005, the Celtics beat the Pahokee Blue Devils 37-30 to win their first football state championship.

The 2010 state title game was a nail biter that saw the Celtics win a high scoring contest 56-55 over the University School Sharks.

The Celtics and Seminoles will kickoff their contest this Friday at Al Dunlap Field starting at 7:30 p.m.