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The Shoremen seniors celebrated their last game on their home field in impressive fashion, blowing out the Brecksville Bees by a score of 39-10.  The balanced attack featured two touchdowns rushing, two on bombs thrown by Trent Toy, a blocked punt returned for six, and a 69 yard punt return by Kevin Morissette.  The defense completely shut down the visitors’ offense until the fourth quarter when the Bees mounted a drive against the Shoremen reserves.

Avon Lake kicked off and quickly forced a quick punt, allowing just one yard on three plays.  Starting from their 33, the Shoremen started with a four yard gain on a Mike Mansnerus toss sweep.  On second down fullback Nick Marinkov found a huge hole on a counter over right tackle, cut back to the left, and bulled his way down the sideline for 48 yards to the Brecksville 15.  Toy dropped to pass, avoided some pressure, and scrambled up the middle to the one.  Anthony Aerni carried it in form there and Brad Brill’s PAT put the home team up 7-0  just two and a half minutes into the game.  Again Brecksville went three and out, as three runs netted four yards.  The punt went to the A.L. 35, and after a false start on first down, the Shoremen had to punt on 4th & 4.  Jake Janicek’s punt was downed at the 22, and again the Bees failed to get a first down.  Morissette fielded the line drive knuckleball punt on one hop at his 45 and returned it to the Brecksville 47.  Mansnerus ran for five on a counter, Toy hit Ronnie Willoughby for four on a hitch, and Marinkov bulled two yards for a first down.  After a personal foul on the Bees moved the ball to the 21,  Morissette ran a counter to the right off jet sweep action for a 21 yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead.  Again the Bees managed just four yards in three plays and punted to the Shoremen 36 to start the second period.  On first down Toy faked play action and found Willoughby all alone down the middle for a 64 yard scoring strike.   The extra point failed as Toy tried to pass after he couldn’t handle the snap.  The Bees got good field position when the kickoff went out of bounds, but on 3rd & 11 T.J. Thompson picked off a pass at the  Avon Lake 47.  A couple of 10 yard runs by Mansnerus mixed in with passes to Morissette and Zach O’Connor moved the ball to the ten, but on 2nd & 7 a fumble gave the ball back to Brecksville.  They finally made a couple of first downs, moving the ball out to the 39, but a holding call led to 4th & 21.  Nick Marinkov came up the middle to block the punt and Christian Pace scooped the ball up at the five, gracefully waltzing in for a touchdown and a 27-0 halftime lead.   The Avon Lake defense yielded just 41 yards and two first downs through the first two quarters.

Starting the second half Brecksville surprised a snoozing Shoremen front line with an onside kick, so the Bees opened the second half at the A.L. 48.  But the defense held and a big sack on third and ten forced another punt.  Morissette fielded the ball at the 31, dodged four tacklers, and broke free down the left sideline for a 69 yard TD return.   Brill’s extra point attempt sailed wide right and the score was 33-0 less than two minutes into the third quarter.  Again the Bees went three and out, and again Morissette gave the offense good field position with a punt return to midfield.  The Shoremen drove to the seven yard line but Toy’s pass on 4th & 4 was incomplete.  After one first down, a short Brecksville punt was fair caught at the  Bees’ 38.  On the next play Andrew Tablack got behind the secondary and Toy hit him in stride for a 38 yard touchdown.  Another missed PAT left the score at 39-0 with a couple minutes to play in the third.  Brecksville managed a decent drive against the Shoremen backups but stalled at the 13, turning the ball over on downs.  The number two offensive unit got their gearshift stuck in reverse as a sack, a false start, and a shotgun snap over the QB’s head resulted in a safety.  The free kick was returned to the Avon Lake 48,  and on the first play the Bees hit a halfback pass to the one.  Brecksville score on the next play and after the two point conversion the score was 39-10 with 8:48 to play in the game.  The backup offense righted the ship and drove from their own 15 to the Brecksville 12 behind strong running by Aerni and Craig Goodwin.  The drive took eight minutes off the clock and left the final score at 39-10..

Notes: 

·       With 70 yards on 12 carries, Mike Mansnerus passed Bobby Doyle and John Berner and is now the second all-time leading rusher in Shoremen history.  Mike’s career total stands at 3,257 yards.

·       Three Shoremen seniors scored their first varsity touchdowns:  Anthony Aerni, Christian Pace, and Andrew Tablack.

·       Christian vaulted past his brother Ian to become the Pace family’s the all-time leading scorer.

·       The Shoremen are now seventh in the Region 6 playoff race and will clinch a playoff spot with a win next Thursday at Amherst.

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Avon Lake

14

13

12

0

39

Brecksville

0

0

0

10

10

 

 

 

B

 

A.L.

First downs

 

8

 

16

Rush Yds

 

67

 

243

Pass Yds

 

59

 

126

Passes att-comp-int

 

14-4-1

 

8-5-0

Fumbles-lost

 

2-1

 

3-2

Penalties

 

2-25

 

6-59


AL – Aerni 1 run (Brill kick)
AL – Morissette 21 run (Brill kick)
AL – Willoughby 64 pass from Toy (Pass failed)
AL – Pace 5 blocked punt return (Brill kick)
AL – Morissette 69 punt return (kick failed)
AL – Tablack 38 pass from Toy (Pass failed)
B – Safety
B – Willet 5 run (Best pass from)