St. Ignatius gets 29th win against St. Edward in their 54th meeting

The game between the St. Ignatius Wildcats and St. Edward Eagles is sponsored by Rain Barrells N More .

CLEVELAND– On Saturday Night, the St. Ignatius Wildcats took on the St. Edward Eagles in their 54th meeting , this time at First Energy Stadium , usually home of the Cleveland Browns. On this night about 25,000 fans from both St. Ignatius and St. Edward filled First Energy Stadium.

In the first quarter , Wildcats running back, Mark Bobinski had a 6 yard run for a touchdown. Bobinski started due to a hand injury to starting running back, James Andrews. Andrews and Bobinski split during the season. Bobinski stepped in the starting role. Following the extra point, Wildcats took the lead 7-0 with 2:04 left in the first quarter.

In the second quarter of this match up between the Wildcats and the Eagles, Bobinski broke away with a 55 yard Touchdown run with 2:18 left in the half. Before the half was over the Wildcats got the ball back with 47 seconds left in the half. With 4 seconds left in the half Ignatius quarterback, Patrick Ryan threw a fade in the corner of the end-zone to Samuel Snyder for a 15 yard touchdown. The Wildcats lead at half with a score of 20-0 after a missed extra point.

In the third quarter, Patrick Ryan broke through the middle with a 46 yard touchdown on a QB sneak.  St. Ignatius was not done doing their damage in the 3rd quarter just yet, Ryan connected with Michael Lehto for a 5 yard touchdown pass with 6:27 left in the third.

In the fourth quarter, St. Edward Eagles got on the board for the first time with 3:38 when Tylan Rice scored on a 1 yard touchdown run. With that score the Eagles prevented a shutout from the Wildcats.

St. Ignatius Wildcats Head Coach, Chuck Kyle, comments on playing in the atmosphere of an NFL stadium.

“This was an amazing field, the field was like turf and it was just gorgeous. The team had a little excitement in the beginning, I think everyone was hyped up , maybe even a little too much but settled down and got into the game, that’s what kids do.”

St. Ignatius Wildcats starting quarterback, Patrick Ryan, comments on how he controlled his nerves with playing in First Energy Stadium.

“I’ve been dreaming of playing in this game since I was 8 years old, so there were nerves. Our first couple of plays we ran the ball and from there it settles everyone down. Once we complete that first pass I feel great about myself. I eventually settled down but it did take a little while.”

St. Edward Eagles Head Coach, Tom Lombardo , comments on what allowed St. Ignatius to slow down his offense.

“They are pretty good , we knew their front 6 was really tough, tough to run on. We just never got anything going in terms of finding a bread and butter play that could give us some mid range runs of 4-5 yards. We took some shots up top that we didn’t complete, we completed one early, didn’t convert on the 4 down and inches. That could have gave us some momentum. We didn’t convert on 3rd downs and they did. It got away after we gave them to many possessions. We know what we have to work on and we’ll do it.”

Player of the Game:
Mark Bobinski
18 attempts for 150 yards, 2 touchdowns
2 receptions for 36 yards