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His defense full of playmakers, Trinity High School football coach Bob Beatty calls Jabari Jordan its “heart and soul.”

“That young man loves the game and understands the game, and he plays hard,” Beatty said. “He’s what Trinity football is all about. He works his tail off … and it showed tonight.”

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And for the fifth straight meeting, Jordan and his defensive teammates dominated their rivals. He returned a fumble 27 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter, and the Shamrocks forced three other turnovers in a 34-7 victory over St. Xavier on Friday night in front of an announced crowd of 30,434 at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.

Trinity (6-0), No. 1 in The Courier-Journal’s Litkenhous Ratings, ran its overall winning streak to 31 games and beat the Tigers for the fifth straight time. Combined score of those five games: 150-26.

Trinity defensive coordinator Craig Swabek wouldn’t go so far as to say the Shamrocks have the Tigers figured out.

“We play so hard and see so many different offenses that about Game 5 we start jelling,” he said. “And they’re obviously motivated for this game.”

No. 7 St. X (4-3) had been averaging 40.7 points and 244 rushing yards per game. The Tigers mustered just 122 yards on 40 carries (3.1 per carry) on Friday.

Jordan made 5½ tackles, including 1½ sacks. Trey Wright and Nolan Morris had interceptions, and Adam King recovered a fumble.

“We come out on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and fight hard,” said Jordan, a 5-foot-11, 260-pound senior tackle. “It starts at practice.”

St. X’s Lamondray Clemons stood to be the defensive star after his second-quarter interception of a Travis Wright pass. Two plays later Austin Davis rumbled 26 yards for a touchdown that gave the Tigers a 7-6 lead with 6:03 left in the second quarter.

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