WATERBURY – Holy Cross Excessive senior huge receiver s got here into Saturday morning's sport at Crosby one landing catch away from tying the state's all-time profession document, and two away from breaking it.
It took just a little little bit of time, however the t caught touchdowns of 37 and 6 yards from senior quarterback Brady Lombardo to change into the state document holder with 51 profession landing receptions. Holy Cross beat Crosby 52-13 and improved to 5-1.
Graves broke Southington star Alex Jamele's former document of fifty, set in 2014, by catching two touchdowns within the last minutes of the primary half.
After a fumble restoration by the Crusader protection, Graves went deep and Lombardo hit him for a 37-yard landing go with 2:24 left within the second quarter to tie Jamele's document. Holy Cross obtained the ball again with 50.1 seconds left within the first half, and Graves caught a 33-yard go from Lombardo to get the ball to the Crosby 6-yard line.
After an incomplete go, Graves got here in movement, transferring from proper to left. Lombardo caught the snap and pitched it ahead to Graves on a jet go. Graves broke a deal with on the purpose line to attain and break Jamele's document.
The complete Crusader offensive unit joined Graves in the long run zone to rejoice.
Graves completed with eight catches for 132 yards and the 2 touchdowns, and all of it got here within the first half. He’s 10 catches away from tying East Catholic star Joey Montalvo's state document of 226, which was set final yr. Graves now has 3,229 profession receiving yards, which places him 642 yards away from tying Montalvo's document of three,871, which was additionally set final yr.
As if Graves didn't have a sufficiently big morning, he additionally returned an interception 39 yards for a landing. Freshman Anthony Serrano additionally had an interception return for a rating for Holy Cross.
Apart from the 2 touchdowns to Graves, Lombardo threw scoring passes of 68 yards to Aaden Corridor and 10 yards to Tyler Smith.
Raquim Chapman scored the primary landing of the sport on a 1-yard sneak for Crosby (2-4). Kayden Myers ran for a 17-yard landing within the fourth quarter.
Participant of the Recreation
Dae'Sean Graves, Holy Cross: The senior huge receiver caught two landing passes to interrupt Alex Jamele's all-time state document for profession scoring receptions.
Holy Cross 52, Crosby 13
Holy Cross 7 42 3 0-52
Crosby 7 0 0 6-13
C-Raquim Chapman 1 run (kick good)
H-Nate Craft 10 run (Justin Smith kick)
H-Aaden Corridor 68 go from Brady Lombardo (J. Smith kick)
H-Dae'Sean Graves 39 interception return (J. Smith kick)
H-Anthony Serrano 40 interception return (J. Smith kick)
H-Tyler Smith 10 go from Lombardo (J. Smith kick)
H-Graves 37 go from Lombardo (J. Smith kick)
H-Graves 6 go from Lombardo (J. Smith kick)
C-Kayden Myers 17 run (conversion failed)
Data: Holy Cross 5-1; Crosby 2-4.
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