ST. JOHN | It was a play straight out of YouTube.

Chesterton's Phil Frech raced in to block a punt, simultaneously caught it and carried it 43 yards for a touchdown.

"I've seen it once on TV in a college game," Frech said. "We saw they were weak off the edge blocking. Our special teams coach (Nick Bamber) put us in the right spots. I saw their punt protector blocked straight down. I got their early and the kick hit my wrist. Somehow, the ball just stayed under shoulder pads. I looked down and realized, 'I've got to keep running.'"

The play typified a night of great special teams and defense that carried the Times No. 3 Trojans (6-1, 5-0) past Lake Central 28-10 on Friday at the Burial Grounds.

"All the credit to coach (Dan) McCoy and the defense," Chesterton coach John Snyder said. "We knew coming in special teams was going to be huge. Lake Central's defense is very, very good. We knew we were going to have trouble with them."

The Trojans did, managing a modest 222 yards of offense. But that more than doubled the Indians (3-4, 1-4), who mustered just 85 on a swarming Chesterton 11 that held them to five first downs.

L.C. took up residence on Chesterton's side of the field, only to muster a field goal. Its score came on Keith Thompson's 82-yard kickoff return to start the second half that drew the Indians within 14-10. Chesterton controlled the ball for nearly 10 minutes on a second-half drive, then pulled clear on a 19-yard scoring run by Aaron Knight with 9:35 left.

Knight injured his left hand on the first series, which may have contributed to his four fumbles. But the Trojans defense dug in each time.

"Everyone was talking how they didn't think we'd be any good," Frech said, who also scored on a 5-yard run after a Tony Smith blocked punt. "We knew we could be really good."

Frank Raudry capped the win by falling on a Ryan Hennessey fumble in the end zone after an air-mailed snap in the last minute.