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2018
Game Leaders
Hanover
Pa:
Noah Wezensky - 243
Ru:
Shawn Coane - 80
Rec:
Jackson Daugherty - 97
Thomas More
Pa:
Justin Post - 207
Ru:
Hjavier Pitts - 140
Rec:
Mitchell Hogue - 72
Team Stats
Thomas More
Hanover
Passing Yards
207
243
Rushing Yards
280
93
Turnovers
2
3
Time of Poss.
41:03
18:57
More news about: Thomas More
(HANOVER, Ind.) – The Thomas More football team defeated traditional rival Hanover College, 27-18, today (Saturday, September 8, 2018) on C. Wayne Perry Field at Alumni Stadium in Hanover, Indiana.
The Saints improve to 1-1 and the Panthers fall to 0-2.
FIRST QUARTER:
- Thomas More took a 7-0 lead when junior quarterback Justin Post (Macedonia, Ohio/Nordonia) scored on an 11-yard run and junior kicker Cole Mathias (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) added the PAT with 5:43 to play in the first quarter.
- Hanover cut the lead to 7-6 with 5:06 to play in the quarter when Noah Wezensky connected on a 71-yard touchdown pass to Jackson Daugherty and Dozier Combs' PAT was no good.
SECOND QUARTER:
- Senior running back Hjavier Pitts (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mt. Healthy) scored on a one-yard run and Mathias added the PAT to extend the Saints' lead to 14-6 with 3:35 to play in the quarter.
THIRD QUARTER:
- Thomas More increased the lead to 20-6 with 8:34 to play in the quarter when Post scored on a seven-yard run and Mathias' PAT failed.
- With 5:08 to play in the quarter, Wezensky connected on a 14-yard touchdown pass to Jared Frank and Combs' PAT was no good to cut the Saints' lead to 20-12
- Pitts scored on a 38-yard touchdown run and Mathias added the PAT to give Thomas More a 27-12 lead with 1:54 to play in the quarter.
FOURTH QUARTER:
- Hanover's Frank caught a 23-yard touchdown pass from Wezensky and the two-point attempt failed to cut the Saints' lead to 27-18 with 3:47 to play.
- Thomas More then ran the clock out for the 27-18 road victory.
NOTEABLES:
- Thomas More out-gained Hanover 487 yards (280 rushing/207 passing) to 336 yards (93 rushing/243 passing.
- First career head coaching victory for first-year Thomas More Head Coach Trevor Stellman.
- Post was 19-of-31 passing for 207 yards and had eight rushes for 28 yard and two touchdowns.
- Pitts finished the game with 26 carries for 140 yard and two touchdowns.
- Senior running back Luke Zajac (Edgewood, Ky./Dixie Heights) had 27 rushes for 112 yards.
- Junior wide receiver Mitchell Hogue (Harrison, Ohio/William Henry Harrison) had eight catches for 72 yards.
- Junior wide receiver Da'marco Canty (Bogart, Ga./North Oconee) had four receptions for 64 yards.
- First-year defensive back Peyton Van Horn (Hebron, Ky./Conner) led the defense with nine tackles (four solo/five assisted).
- Junior defensive back Thomas Williams (Oregonia, Ohio/Clinton-Massie) had eight tackles (four solo/four assisted).
- Senior defensive back Steven Everson (Scottdale, Ga./Heritage) had six tackles (four solo/two assisted.
UP NEXT:
- The Saints will host 17th-ranked University of Wisconsin–Platteville next Saturday (September 15) at 12 p.m. at BB&T Field in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.