STATE CHAMPS!
Back-to-Back State Champs! Congratulations to Head Coach Jay Cobb and the Trinity Football Rocks for winning the school's 29th State Championship!
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Enjoy a deep dive into the championship via Robert "Stats" Sampson, Trinity Class of 2005:
Postgame Notes
2024 KHSAA CLASS AAAAAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Trinity 42, Ryle 23
December 7, 2023 | 4:00pm ET
Kroger Field; Lexington, Kentucky (A: 9,156)
Trinity won its 29th state championship with a 42-23 win over Ryle on Dec. 7, 2024
Trinity has won its last 10 appearances in the state finals and 17 of its last 18.
Trinity is 29-4 all-time in the state championship game.
Trinity made its 33rd all-time appearance in the state championship game.
Trinity made its 13th all-time appearance in the Class AAAAAA finals, winning in 12 of its 13 appearances in the Class AAAAAA title game.
The Shamrocks, who made the move to Class AAAAAA in 2007, won 14 titles as a member of Class AAAA in their 32 years in such classification. Prior to the creation of Class AAAA, the Shamrocks won three titles as a member of Class AAA.
Trinity’s 42 points were its most in the state finals since scoring 56 against Lafayette in 2016 in a win. It was the most ever in a state finals game at Kroger Field for Trinity.
Trinity improved to 6-0 all-time at Kroger Field in the state finals, including 5-0 since the event moved to its current site of Kroger Field in 2017.
Trinity improved to 11-0 all-time in state finals games played outside the city of Louisville.
Trinity trailed 14-0 to start the game.
It marked the second state championship game appearance that Trinity overcame a double-digit deficit to win after trailing Bryan Station by 11 in the 2023 41-20 win.
The 14-point deficit overcome to win tied for the largest deficit overcome by Trinity in a state finals game to win. Trinity also trailed by 14 in the 1989 state finals against Warren Central before winning 28-14 in the Class AAAA finals.
The attendance of 9,156 was the most to see a Trinity game in the state finals since 2017 when 9,791 saw a Trinity win over St. Xavier at Kroger Field. It was the largest attendance involving Trinity and an opponent other than St. Xavier since 2008 when Trinity beat Simon Kenton 48-0 in front of 11,556.
Trinity had a streak of nine consecutive state championship games it had played in that it also held a halftime lead snapped when it was tied 14-14 with Ryle at the half of the 2024 finals.
Trinity was held scoreless in the opening quarter of a state finals game for just the second time in its last 18 state finals appearances.
Trinity has held its opponent to single digits in the second half of its last 10 state championship game appearances.
Trinity had multiple rushing and multiple passing touchdowns in a state finals game for the first time since 2017.
Trinity's 18 pass completions in the state finals were its most since competing 19 in the 2017 state finals. Its the second most pass completions in the last nine state finals appearances.
Trinity has surpassed 100 rushing yards as a team in the state finals in each of its last 10 appearances and in
Zane Johnson completed 18-of-24 passes for 195 yards with two touchdown passes. He continued a Trinity school streak of four games without an interception in the state finals covering the 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2024 state finals.
Mason Scherer caught all six of his targets in the game for a team-high 69 yards.
Trinity had two interceptions in the second half returned for touchdowns, a 35-yard return by Caleb Ricks with 7:35 left in the fourth quarter to go up 28-17 and a 15-yard return by Bailey Vance with 3:15 left to go up 42-17.
Trinity has won 10 consecutive games in the postseason. It is the longest postseason streak for Trinity since a 12-game streak between 2019 and 2021. The 10-game streak is the longest of the Jay Cobb era.
Trinity head coach Jay Cobb is now 2-0 in his two state finals appearances in four seasons as the head coach of the Shamrocks.
Cobb is now 39-18 in his four seasons as the head coach of the Shamrocks with a 15-2 mark in postseason play.
Trinity improved to 8-0 all-time against Ryle in the playoffs, including a 2-0 record in the state finals.
Trinity has scored at least 28 points in all eight postseason meetings with the Raiders.
Trinity met a team from the Northern Kentucky area in the state finals for the first time since 2014 when the Shamrocks defeated Dixie Heights 47-14 in Bowling Green. All-time Trinity is 5-0 against teams from Northern Kentucky in the state finals.
Trinity athletic trainer Bill Cubbage won his 17th and final football state title before his retirement.