Football Falls to Pikeville in Season Finale

Crestview Hills, Ky. - The football program at Thomas More finished their season at 5-5 following a loss 13-7 loss to the University of Pikeville.

• Sophomore Colton Sandhas (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) created the first turnover of the game with an interception to halt a Pikeville drive.

• Pikeville's Lee Kirkland completed a 25 yard pass to Alexander Shelton to give UPIKE a 6-0 lead following a blocked extra point by senior Dominic Valentino (Hamilton, Ohio / Hamilton Badin).
• The Bear's would add to the board one more time before the half as Kirkland found Adrian Medacco for a ten yard touchdown to give them a 13-0 lead following a converted extra point by Jakob Headley.

• Senior defensive back Chaz Lumpkin (Cincinnati, Ohio / Winton Woods) intercepted a pass on Pikeville's first drive of the half to stop the drive.
• The third quarter remained scoreless with a 13-0 lead for UPIKE.

• Sophomore quarterback Rae'Von Vaden (Louisville, Ky. / Marion C. Moore) would get the Saints on the board with 2:48 remaining in the game as he found junior wideout Roques Dowdy (Athens, Ga. / Oconee County) for a 44 yard touchdown, senior Alexander Haley (Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon) converted the extra point to cut the lead to 13-7 in favor of the Bears.
• Thomas More would be unable to get the ball back resulting in a 13-7 UPIKE win.

• Junior running back Maleek Jarrett (Hamilton, Ohio/Hamilton) led the way in rusing with 44 yards on eight attempts.
• Dowdy had two receptions for 59 yards and a touchdown.
• Senior linebacker Drew Bartolovich (Fairfield,Ohio / Fairfield) led the way in tackles for the Saints with eight on the evening with one tackle for a loss.
• Valentino Finished with one and a half sacks with two tackles for a loss and a blocked extra point.
• Junior Ross Halverstadt (Covington, Ky. / Covington Catholic) finished with seven total tackles with four of those being for a loss.
• Thomas More recognized their 14 seniors in Drew Bartolovich, Monalo Caldwell, Jacob Durstock, Charles Gaines Jr., Alexander Haley, Silas Ingram, Mason Kramer, Chaz Lumpkin, Christian Lumpkin, David Sandlin, Dominic Valentino, Peyton Van Horn, Seth Wolford and team impact member Trey Schwaille. Thomas More athletics thanks these 14 seniors for their contributions to the University and the football program over the last four years.

Thomas More football is completed for the 2021 season, be on the look out later in the Spring for the release of the 2022 football schedule.