In a rivalry football game with a trophy on the line, it’s customary the winner holds on to that trophy until the rivals meet again. When a rivalry comes to an end, what happens to that trophy? To the winners, go the spoils on Oct. 19. For John Carroll, it doesn’t get much sweeter after its stirring 20-16 win over visiting Baldwin Wallace. Quarterback Nick Semptimphelter’s 10-yard touchdown pass to tight end Kenneth Rawls with 52 seconds remaining in regulation was the game-winner. Semptimphelter to TE Kenneth Rawls TD and @JCUFootball leads BW, 20-16, with 52 seconds left. #d3fb pic.twitter.com/tI9C8TOolY — Mark Podolski (@mpodo) October 19, 2024 The Cuyahoga Gold Bowl had stayed with the Blue Streaks for 11 straight seasons before Oct. 19 and now it’s No. 12 — and likely for a long time. “It will stay in the Shula room upstairs,” said JCU coach Jeff Behrman about the Blue-Gold Room that acts as a shrine to Blue Streaks football. “We proudly display it.” As for closing out the series with a whopping 12 straight wins vs. BW, Behrman said: “It’s a credit to the John Carroll University football program … It’s blue-collar, it’s gritty. It’s ‘find a way.’ ” Action from the Baldwin Wallace-John Carroll football game, Oct. 19, 2024. (Lianna Holub — For The News-Herald) JCU (4-2, 4-1) will leave the Ohio Athletic Conference for the North Coast Athletic Conference for the start of the 2024-25 season, thus ending the Cuyahoga Gold Bowl rivalry. The Yellow Jackets suffered through a decade-plus of anguish against their crosstown rival — losing games in just about every way imaginable, many in heart-breaking fashion — and that continued at Don Shula Stadium before a satisfied JCU homecoming crowd. But BW dominated from the start, and held the Blue Streaks’ passing offense to 12 first-half yards, as Nick Semtimpehlter was just 4 of 11 passing. The Yellow Jackets (4-2, 3-2 OAC) got a first-quarter field goal by Josh Evans and then extended to lead to 10-0 on quarterback Charlie Bubonics’ 40-yard touchdown pass to Harley Barmen — a play in which the JCU defender fell down at about the 5-yard line. “We didn’t execute our plan as cleanly as we would have liked to,” said Behrman, who said the locker room at half was “calm.” “… My message at halftime was, ‘Now is not the time to panic, guys.’ It could have been a lot worse than 10-0. Let’s execute, unite and find a way to win.” John Carroll’s Tyler Mintz of Kenston fights for yards amid a facemask hold during the Blue Streaks’ 20-16 win over Baldwin Wallace Oct. 19. (Lianna Holub — For The News-Herald) In the second half, JCU flipped a switch and dominated in the third quarter. It started with a  25-yard TD catch by Tyren Montgomery from Semptimphelter (19 of 30, 240 yards, two TD passes). Five minutes later, running back Nemo Jenkin (seven carries, 63 yards), ran for a 3-yard TD and it was 14-10. JCU looked like it was about to go 21-10 on a short TD catch by Evan McVay but the Blue Streaks were called for offensive pass interference. A missed field goal made kept the game at 14-10, and BW took advantage. It put together a 19-play, 80-yard drive capped by a 13-yard pass to Tim Conwell from Charlie Bubonics. With 2 minutes, 25 seconds to play, it was 16-14 after BW’s extra-point attempt was missed. The Blue Streaks needed 1:33 to reclaim the lead. Semtimphelter’s 22-yard run on the ensuing drive to the BW 10 was the big play. “They had pretty good coverage and I saw an opening so I took it,” said Semtimphelter on the key run. “I knew all we needed was a field goal but obviously we got the touchdown.” Final: @jcufootball 20, BW 16.Blue Streaks take Cuyahoga Gold Bowl 12th straight season. #d3fb pic.twitter.com/FHndrW7nIN — Mark Podolski (@mpodo) October 19, 2024 The Yellow Jackets had one final shot at a comeback win, but Bubonics’ pass with no time on the clock was knocked to the turf by a host of Blue Streaks defenders and the JCU celebration began. JCU had 397 yards of total offense to BW’s 311. Bubonics was 32 of 48 passing for 277 yards, two TD passes and two interceptions.  Montgomery was the Blue Streaks’ leading receiver with four catches for 88 yards. Evan McVay added four receptions for 58 yards. Linebacker Tyler Thimons led the JCU defense with 14 stops. The score John Carroll 20, Baldwin Wallace 16