14 Is Enough, Defense Does Rest, in Shutout of Nicholas County – Go One Up In District Seeding Race on Senior Night – Updated

On our subsequent offensive series Leicht and Company picked up right where we left off, marching another 85 yards with the same happy ending.  Leicht was faced with fourth down, evaded being sacked and sprinted 27 yards for his and our second touchdown, and with Schwartz’s second PAT of the evening, the Mustangs pushed out to a 14-0 halftime lead.   

During that half, Nicholas County’s Aurturo Alain Lopez-Dominguez attempted and came up short on a 46 yard field-goal attempt and then at the  end of the half a 60 yard try.  While we were impressed by the 46 yard effort, his 60 yarder was the better effort, landing on the turf beneath the crossbar.  In the second half he would attempt a 61 yard try.  This attempt actually came close, missing just under the crossbar,.eliciting a reaction from the fans.  This kid can kick.  He hit a successful 54 yarder in last week’s game versus Frankfort off of natural grass in Carlisle, and has succeeded on 60 yard attempts at practice.

Both teams mounted drives in the second half, with each team picking up seven first-downs, however, neither was able to dent the scoring column, as the first half 14-0 score would stand and go into the history book as the final score.

With Jacob Leicht gaining 133 yards on the ground in this game, he passes his “Batman/Robin” partner, Trevor Schadler, on the all-time rushing leading yard gainers list, and moves into second place (1,855) among all-time leading ground gainers, trailing only Jacob Elbert (2,796) who holds the school record in that category.  Leicht is presently tied with Elbert for the school record on number of two-point conversions with six apiece.

Per Terry Boehmker at the Northern Kentucky Tribune:  Brossart senior quarterback Jacob Leicht finished with a team-high 133 rushing yards on 16 carries and he made eight tackles as a defensive back.   Leicht has played a key role in the Mustangs’ success. He’s the team’s leading scorer with 58 points and he has a combined average of 136 yards per game rushing and passing.

After Friday night’s games, only three Class 1A schools out of the 32 competing, remain undefeated.  Ironically, Brossart and Sayre remain unscathed, with Sayre defeating Williamsburg last night to improve to 6-0,  We are 7-0 and the other undefeated Class 1A program is our old friend, Betsy Layne at 6-0.  We remain the best defensive team in the stats column in the class by a wide margin, having allowed only 22 points thus far this season, while Sayre, who we scrimmage for a half, before bad weather curtailed it, back in early August, is second best, having allowed 61 points in six outings to date.