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In their last game of the year on their home field the Shoremen protected their turf, erasing a 14-0 deficit and holding off Brecksville’s last minute rally for a 17-14 win.  Senior safety Mike Russell picked off a pair of Tom Tupa passes in the fourth quarter, the second with the Bees at the Shoremen eight yard line with under a minute to play.  Kyle Kuhar returned a pick 12 yards for a second quarter score that snatched the momentum and took the wind of the sails of Brecksville’s high powered offense.  Chris Jedlicka had another nice game at quarterback, and Brad Brill kicked a 25 yard field goal into a gusty wind for what proved to be the margin of victory.

Brecksville returned the opening kickoff to their 28, and moved the ball to the Shoremen end of the field in eight plays before punting from the 43.  Dontez Smith picked up 12 yards on a toss sweep to the right, but the offense stalled at the 40 and had to punt.  Max Seipel boomed a beauty up into the jet stream, pinning the Bees at  their eight yard line.  After two runs only advanced the ball to the 10, Tupa threw back-to-back bombs to his wideouts, moving to the Avon Lake 14 in just two plays.  Three plays later, Jay Schott plunged in from the three and Brecksville was up 7-0.  The Shoremen fumbled the ball right back to them on the kickoff, and now the Bees were really buzzing.  On the first play of the second quarter, facing 3rd and 11 at the 30, Tupa threw a perfect strike to Paul Karthan at the back of the end zone for a 14-0 lead.  The Shoremen drove to the Brecksville 28, but a holding call broke their momentum and they turned the ball over on downs at the 30.  On 3rd & 18 from the 22, Tupa was pressured and tried to shovel the ball off to a teammate, but Kuhar grabbed it and rumbled 12 yards for a touchdown.  Brill’s kick was good and just like that the Shoremen were back in the game.   Brecksville went three and out, punting to the Shoremen 29 with about three minutes left in the half.  Nice running by Jedlicka, Lucas, and Smith coupled with a pair of completed passes moved the ball to the Bees’ eight yard line with 12 seconds to go.  Jedlicka couldn’t find anyone open on first down, so Brill came on and drilled a perfect kick form the right hash as the half ended with the Shoremen down 14-10.

Starting from their 33 after the second half kickoff, the Shoremen mounted a 14 play drive deep into Brecksville territory. Unfortunately they came away empty handed when Jedlicka’s pass to Jimmy Hessel on 4th & 16 came up a yard shy of the first down.  The defense held the Bees to three yards and forced a punt to the Brecksville 47.  Three Dontez Smith runs moved the ball to the 29, and Jedlicka hit Hessel for a gain the 15.  Brad Brill ran for five tough yards, but Brecksville stopped Smith for a yard each on the next two plays to end the quarter with the Shoremen facing 4th & 3 from the six.  Jedlicka hit Jake Young at the goal line and even though both of his feet were in the end zone, a myopic zebra spotted the ball at the one.  Lucas barged in from there and the Shoremen led for the first time, 17-14.  Brill’s kickoff pinned the returner against the sideline at the 10, and David King smacked him down at the 20.  After a 20 yard completion on first down, Tupa tried to throw a deep post that was picked by Russell on a diving catch.  The teams exchanged three and outs, then the Shoremen managed one first down before punting to the Bees’ 36 with four minutes left.  Aided by a pass interference call, the Bees were at the Shoremen eight with 52 seconds to go when they took their last time out.  Tupa rolled right and threw into the end zone, where the ever-alert Mr. Russell snagged the pass and returned it 100+ yards for an apparent touchdown.  The return was called back for holding,  but it mattered not as Jedlicka took a knee and the Shoremen recorded another memorable victory on Senior Night.

 

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Avon Lake

0

10

0

7

17

Brecksville

7

7

0

0

14

 

 

 

B

 

A.L.

First downs

 

12

 

14

Rush Yds

 

55

 

151

Pass Yds

 

204

 

91

Passes att-comp-int

 

24-13-3

 

12-7-0

Fumbles-lost

 

2-0

 

2-1

Penalties

 

4-35

 

4-39

B – Schott 3 run (Karthan kick)
B – Karthan pas from Tupa (Karthan kick)
AL –Kuhar 12 int return (Brill kick)
AL – Brill FG 25
AL – Lucas 1 run (Brill kick)