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Game Day September 27, 2007 |
Teams |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
OT |
Total |
ST. THOMAS FALCONS |
0 |
14 |
0 |
8 |
xx |
22 |
| LORANGER WOLVES |
6 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
xx |
22 |
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Bleakley-Marino connection secures 22-all tie in JV game against the Loranger Wolves.
Falcons rally in final two minutes with 80-yard drive to secure the tie.
LORANGER—Sophomore Ethan
Bleakley
tossed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Trey Marino with
40 seconds remaining in the final quarter and then threw another pass to Marino
for a two-point conversion to secure a
HOT QB—Sophomore Ethan Bleakley rallied his team in the final quarter engineering an
80-yard drive with 2:24 remaining to secure a tie with Loranger. |
come-from-behind 22-all tie with the Loranger
Wolves in junior varsity action Thursday night. A 47-yard connection between Bleakley
and Marino on the first play of the eventual 10-play, 80-yard drive sparked the scoring march.
The meeting was the second between the two JV squads this season
with St. Thomas earning a 14-12 win in the first meeting.
The Wolves took the early advantage as freshman Gilbert Boudreaux
recovered a Falcon fumble on the game’s opening drive to set Loranger up at the St.
Thomas 49. The Wolves cashed in the miscue driving the distance in eight plays
and scoring on a six-yard pass from junior Michael Thompson to freshman Brad
Childress. The try for two failed but Loranger took a 6-0 lead with 2:52 left in the first.
Starting on their own 20 yard line, the Falcons answered on their next
possession using a Bleakley to Marino 57-yard pass play to move the ball to the Loranger
24 yard line. Bleakley completed another pass to freshman Hunter Reid for 11 more yards
and then freshman Davonte Sims and junior Jarred Morales rushed for five and six
yards respective to reach the two. Bleakley did the honors from there diving in for score.
The two-point conversion was good on a pass from Bleakley to Marino and the Falcons
took the lead at 8-6 with 6:53 showing in the second quarter.
St. Thomas padded their lead on their next possession driving
OPEN FIELD TACKLE—Zachary Turnage of St. Thomas makes an open field tackle on Loranger’s
Jeffrey Thomas in Thursday’s JV game that ended in a 22-all tie. |
65
yards in 12 plays. David G'sell provided most of the work gaining 21 yards on three carries
and Bleakley completed the drive with a one-yard scramble for the touchdown.
The two-point conversion failed, but the Falcons enjoyed a 14-6 advantage with 29
seconds left in the half.
After a pair of non-scoring possessions by both teams to start the
third period, the Wolves got on track driving 65 yards in just six plays for a touchdown
as Thompson scrambled 36 yards for the score. Thompson added two more with a three-yard
dive and Loranger tied the score at 14-all with four seconds remaining in the third.
Loranger’s Boudreaux collected his second turnover of the night
on the Falcons’ next possession intercepting a Bleakley pass to set the Wolves up at
the St. Thomas 27. Loranger wasted little time scoring three plays later on
21-yard pass from Thompson to junior Mark Leon. Thompson connected with junior
Jeffrey Thomas for the two-point conversion and the Wolves led 22-14 with 7:04
showing in the fourth.
Freshman John Gehegan recovered a fumble on the
Falcons next possession, but Loranger was unable to take advantage of
the St. Thomas error and the Falcons got one last chance with 2:24 left in
the game. Bleakley and Marino connected five times on the final drive for 73
yards with duo combining for the touchdown and the game tying two-point conversion.
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2008 JV Schedule
August 30
JV Jamboree
@ Loranger
TBA
September 4
vs. Loranger
5:30 p.m.
September 13
vs. St. Charles
10:00 a.m.
September 18
@ Loranger
6:30 p.m.
September 22
@ Springfield
6:00 p.m.
September 27
vs. Riverside
10:00 a.m.
October 11
vs. Springfield
10:00 a.m.
October 18
@ Episcopal
10:00 a.m.
October 27
@ Riverside
6:00 p.m.
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