FOOTBALL: Register hits 3 field goals, Trinity defense crashes end zone for third-straight week in win at Windsor

The Trinity Crusaders continued to be early-season road Warriors Friday night as they won their third game of the year in dominant fashion, 43-14 over Windsor Academy.  

The Crusaders didn’t do much offensively, but the defense and special teams came up big in the the victory.

After the two teams exchanged punts on their first two drives, the Trinity defense made the first big play of the game. Windsor quarterback Dawson Sims would scramble for a few yards, but Trinity forced a fumble and Bryson Barrs scooped it up and raced 43 yards for a touchdown to put the visitors up 7-0.

The defense got another takeaway on the next possession with an Asher Evans interception, but couldn’t get anything going. However, a Wade Register punt would pin Windsor deep in their own territory.

That would prove to be big, as the Trinity defense got a stop and a short punt set them up at the Windsor 37 yard line. A few plays later, Ben Castro-Poveda would connect with Ben Helton on an 18-yard scoring strike to make the score 14-0 early in the second quarter.

Following another Knights punt, Register extended the lead to 17-0 with a 46-yard field goal.

The next Windsor possession would end in another poor punt, setting Trinity up with prime field position. Register scored on a six-yard run. The two-point conversion failed, but the score was 23-0.

The defense came up with another fumble recovery on the next Knight possession and took over at the 25. Trinity needed just two plays to score again. This time, Jakob Sahli would score on a five-yard run to push the lead to 30-0.

The Knights would finally get on board on their next possession, as Jay Singleton took a handoff and raced 76 yards to make the score 30-6.

The momentum was short-lived. Cruz Giles took the ensuing kickoff, made a few moves, and went 70 yards for a Crusader score to make it 37-6 with less than two minutes left in the half.

Trinity would get the ball back one last time before intermission, and got another long Register field goal, this time from 42 yards, to make it 40-6 at the half.  

The Crusaders scored 33 points in the second quarter.

Register would add the only Trinity points of the second half with another 42-yard field goal midway through the third quarter to make it 43-6

Windsor got a touchdown pass from Sims to Chris Lamar late in the fourth quarter to make the final score 43-14.

Due to the short fields and the running clock in the second half, Trinity’s offense didn’t compile impressive stats. Castro-Poveda finished just 3-of-9 for 34 yards and a score. Register had 30 yards on eight carries, and Helton caught two passes for 21 yards.

Singleton led the Knights with 170 yards on 13 attempts.

The Crusaders (3-2 overall) will return home this Friday for a matchup with Thomas Jefferson Academy, looking for their first home win.