Holy Cross football routs WCA; Graves 6 catches from breaking CT career receptions record
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WATERBURY - Holy Cross High football senior star wide receiver Dae'Sean Graves will need to wait at least one more week to claim his second state record of the season.
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Graves caught five passes for 113 yards, including a 46-yard touchdown, in Holy Cross' 56-8 win over WCA on Thursday night at Ray Snyder Sr. Field. The Crusaders improved to 6-1 with their sixth straight win, while the Spartans fell to 1-6.
Graves' touchdown added to his state record. He has 52 touchdown receptions for his career. The UConn commit tied and broke Southington great Alex Jamele's career record for touchdown receptions last week in a 52-13 win at Crosby.
Graves needs five more catches at Woodland on Friday, Nov. 6 (6:30 p.m.) to tie East Catholic great Joey Montalvo's career receptions record of 226. Six catches will give Graves the state record. He didn't play in the second half of Thursday's game.
Graves will need several more games to break Montalvo's career receiving-yards record of 3,871. He is 529 yards away from tying the mark.
Brady Lombardo threw six touchdown passes for Holy Cross, all in the first half. He completed scoring strikes of 17, 46, 27, 2, 24 and 19 yards. Aaden Hall had two touchdown receptions and returned an interception 95 yards for another score. Michael Stradford, Tyler Smith and Carter Fleming all caught a touchdown pass, and Jayden Lewis ran for a 23-yard score.
Kolbe Jenkins scored on a 22-yard run, and Josh Godfrey added the two-point conversion for WCA, which was without head coach Jonas Rousseau Sr. for the second straight game.
Holy Cross 56, WCA 8
WCA 0 0 0 8- 8
HC 28 21 0 7-56
H-Aaden Hall 17 pass from Brady Lombardo (Justin Smith kick)
H-Dae'Sean Graves 46 pass from Lombardo (J. Smith kick)
H-Hall 27 pass from Lombardo (J. Smith kick)
H-Hall 95 interception return (J. Smith kick)
H-Michael Stradford 2 pass from Lombardo (J. Smith kick)
H-Tyler Smith 24 pass from Lombardo (J. Smith kick)
H-Carter Fleming 19 pass from Lombardo (Nick Simao kick)
W-Kolbe Jenkins 22 run (Josh Godfrey run)
H-Jayden Lewis 23 run (Simao kick)
Records: HC 6-1; WCA 1-6.
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