GATES MILLS—Donovan Moorehead threw five touchdown passes and Luke Mangini scored three times in leading Hawken to a 48-14 win over visiting Trinity on Saturday at Walton Stadium.
Moorehead finished the game 10-of-11 passing for 204 yards with five touchdown throws.
“Offensively, I felt like we moved the ball really well and Donovan hit his targets throwing the ball,” said Hawken coach Mark Iammarino. “(Jordan Johnson) ran the ball well, we were good up front, and Luke had a monster game. Each week we have given Donovan more and more opportunities because he’s going to be a big part of our offense. We feel like we’ve got a couple of good backs, but we can’t rely just on that, we’ve got to spread the wealth.”
Moorehead wasted little time settling into the flow of the game.
He threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to Mangini that gave the Hawks a 7-0 lead with 9:56 left in the first quarter.
Trinity answered with Aidan Duncan’s one-yard TD run five minutes later but the Trojans failed to convert a two-point try and trailed the Hawks, 7-6.
“I really liked our opening drive offensively, and then defensively, we certainly knew that their quarterback was a great runner and our goal was to keep him in the pocket,” Iammarino said. “We did that on the front side but not on the back side, and he leaked out the back a couple of times and made some nice plays. I kind of challenged our guys to settle down and play our game.”
The Hawks responded with three second-quarter touchdowns while keeping the Trojans out of the end zone.
Charlie Mallett hauled in a 44-yard touchdown reception with 8:52 to go in the half and Tommy Wright connected with Moorehead on a 57-yard touchdown pass and catch. Mangini closed out the half with a nine-yard touchdown reception with 59 seconds before the intermission.
Theo Jackson scored on a three-yard run late in the third quarter to cut Trinity’s deficit to 28-12, but the Hawks answered with a Julian Javoris 14-yard touchdown reception a minute and a half later, and Mangini turned a Trinity fumble into a one-yard touchdown plunge for his third score of the game with 11:09 left in the contest.
Tristen Ruffin-Williams closed out the scoring with a three-yard run.
Hawken outgained the Trojans 451-361.
Johnson finished with 125 rushing yards and Wright led the Hawks with a game-high 98 receiving yards on three catches.
Duncan finished 22-of-34 passing for 239 yards and ran for 94 yards to pace the Trojans. Damonte McKenzie caught nine passes for 75 yards.
