There's not much that Lancaster Catholic's senior class hasn't accomplished.

One of the glaring marks on its impressive resume is the 0-for-2 record on opening night.

Both losses dealt by Trinity.

The Crusaders added another zero to their record books, but this one they'll take.

Behind four touchdown tosses from Kyle Smith, and lights-out defense, Lancaster Catholic blanked Trinity 42-0 Friday night at COBO Field in Camp Hill.

"Our senior class has never beaten Trinity and that was a big focus for us," said Quinn Houser, who rushed for a score and caught a touchdown. "Last year it was deep cloud over us all season, especially with how far we went. It feels so much better to get this win."

"It establishes the tone for the rest of the season," Smith explained about winning the first game. "We feel we have a lot of momentum going into Week Two."

The Crusaders' first-team offense scored on six of their eight possessions in the game.

Houser (13 carries, 40 yards, 3 receptions, 52 yards) put Catholic on the board late in the first quarter with a one-yard plunge. Smith (10-of-16, 217 yards) later found Seth Graham in the corner of the end zone with a 14-yard scoring strike, giving the Crusaders a quick 14-0 lead in the first quarter.

The Shamrocks breached midfield once in the first half and Smith showed off his arm, and legs, in the second quarter to put Catholic ahead 28-0 at the break.

Smith's second score of the game came after his pump fake at the 6-yard line made a Trinity defender leave his feet, giving the senior quarterback an easy running lane to paydirt.

With 1:02 left before halftime, Smith was pressured to the right by the Shamrocks' defense and threw across his body, hitting a streaking Kevin Kotchen in stride for a 65-yard touchdown pass.

"We have athletes that present mismatch problems for other teams," Catholic coach Bruce Harbach explained. "That's our strength. Then you have a kid that can pull the trigger like Kyle Smith, who puts the ball in the right spots."

After two more scores in the second half from Smith, a 29-yard pass to Houser and a 28-yard strike to Raymond Snyder, the Crusaders' defense held up their end of the bargain for the shutout.

Catholic allowed the Shamrocks just 108 yards of total offense, with six first downs, while forcing three turnovers and recording four sacks.

Trevor St. Clair notched an interception and a sack while David Anater got to the quarterback twice and Andrew Heldrich came up with another sack.

"It gives us great field position and takes the pressure off of us to score," Smith said of Catholic's defensive performance. "The defense stepped up big tonight."

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