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The Shoremen celebrated Senior Parents Night with a 56-7 thumping of an outmanned Berea Braves team.  Eight different Shoremen scored as the absence of starter Jeff Tell led to a “tailback by committee” approach.  Steve Mares, Scott Shaffer, and brothers Kevin and Mike Mansnerus shared the duties, with Mares scoring two TD’s and the other three accounting for one each.  Backup QB Pete Hart threw his first varsity touchdown pass to senior wideout Bryce Alurovic, who also scored for the first time.  Joe Prendergast and Nick Gamellia each went four for four on extra point kicks, and even sophomore backup holder T.J. Thompson got into the action, holding on Gamellia’s last boot.

Kevin Mansnerus got the game off to a thrilling start as he broke out of the pack and returned the opening kickoff to the Braves fifteen yard line.  But the refs, who dominated the game in the early going, flagged Avon Lake for a illegal block and the Shoremen started from their 22.  Dan Weimer made a beautiful diving catch of a bomb from Nick Firment on the first play from scrimmage to move the ball to the Berea 43.  A couple plays later Nick hit Ryan Scherer on the left sideline and Ryan zigzagged his way through the Braves secondary into the end zone.  Again the play was called back for a blocking infraction, but the Shoremen overcame a 3rd and long situation on a 20 yard run by Kevin Mansnerus on a counter off jet action.  A few plays later, Mike Haddad powered in from eight yards out.  Prendergast’s kick made it 7-0 Shoremen just three minutes into the game.  The defense forced a punt, but another penalty halted the Shoremen offense.  Andy Howell's punt was downed at the Berea 10, and again the Braves were unable to generate any offense.  This time the Shoremen marched down quickly and cashed in on a 14 yard Mares run for a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.  The second quarter was played entirely in Berea’s end of the field.  The Braves only offensive production came from their quarterback who a some nice scrambling runs after eluding the Shoremen pass rush.  Mares scored another TD on a seven yard run, and Kevin Mansnerus, playing his natural tailback position for the first time this year, never skipped a beat as he  cashed in on a 33 yard sprint.  Two more Prendergast PAT’s made the halftime score 28-0.

The second half opened with a thunderous hit by Mike Mansnerus on the kickoff.  Berea went three and out, and a couple of Firment passes, to Scherer and Eric Cail, put the ball at the Braves 28.  Haddad broke loose from there for his second touchdown of the game and Gamellia booted the extra point for a 35-0 lead.  Berea fumbles gave the home team a short field on the next two series as Coach Dlugosz started getting his subs into the game.  Hart hit Alurovic with a short pass on the right sideline, and Bryce broke a tackle and outran the rest of the defense into the end zone.   After the second Braves fumble,  Shaffer got his turn at tailback as he broke though a big hole to the right and cruised untouched for a 35 yard TD.  The score was 49-0 after three quarters.  Berea finally got untracked and put together a nice 60 yard drive, all on the ground, for their only score of the game.  The Shoremen reserves, with Mike Mansnerus now at tailback, put on a fine drive of their own, with Mike sweeping the left side for his 25 yard touchdown.  Gamellia’s fourth straight PAT made the final score 56-7. 

 

Notes: 

·       Haddad’s two TD’s bring his season total to 20, and his 89 yards on 2 carries gives him 1,120 rushing yards this year.

·       Eight different ball carriers accounted for 342 rushing yards for the Shoremen.  

·       With Olentangy Liberty losing to Sunbury Big Walnut Friday night, the Shoremen are firmly in control of their own playoff destiny and can clinch a home game with wins over Westlake and Amherst.

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Avon Lake

14

14

21

7

56

Berea

0

0

0

7

7

 

 

 

B

 

A.L.

First downs

 

12

 

21

Rush Yds

 

136

 

342

Pass Yds

 

33

 

119

Passes att-comp-int

 

9-3-0

 

13-8-0

Fumbles-lost

 

4-2

 

1-0

Penalties

 

5-43

 

6-60


AL – Haddad 8 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – Mares 14 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – Mares 7 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – K. Mansnerus 33 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – Haddad 28 run (Gamellia kick)
AL – Alurovic 25 pass from Hart (Gamellia kick)
AL – Shaffer 35 run (Gamellia kick)
B -- Pastor 1 run (Schmidt kick)
AL – M. Mansnerus 25 run (Gamellia kick)