Avon Lake quickly and efficiently disposed of
an overmatched Fairview squad 49-0 Friday night, in what was most likely last
meeting ever between these long-time foes. The Shoremen dominated in all phases
of the game as six different players scored touchdowns.
After Fairview
went three and out on the game's opening possession, the Shoremen had a nice
drive going. But an overthrown pass intended Trey Stross sailed right to a
Warrior safety who picked it off. But after a third
down sack by Chris Rau forced another punt, the Shoremen again drove deep into
Fairview territory and scored the games first TD on a 13 yard pass from Mike
Tift to fullback Sean Murello. Fairview
quickly fumbled the ball back to the Shoremen, who rang up another quick score
on a 3 yard plunge by Murello.
Early in the second period Trey Stross
returned a punt about 40 yards to the 20 yard line. On the next play Trey
caught a perfect pass from Tift in the end zone to make it 21-0. Again the
Warriors went three and out, but this time Stross had trouble fielding a punt
that sailed in the swirling wind and Fairview
recovered at the Shoreman 13. The Warriors converted
an fourth down from the three yard line and set up shop first and goal about a
foot from the goal line. The Shoremen stopped four straight running attempts
and took over on downs at the one yard line. It was a great goal line stand and
a matter of pride for the A.L.'s defense as Fairview ran eight plays and could only
manage 12 yards. The offense followed up with a 99 yard sustained drive, capped
off by Tift's third TD pass of the night, a five-yarder to Andrew Means.
The number one offensive unit played just one
series in the second half, stretching their lead to 35-0 on a four yard run by
Bobby Doyle. Maxx Schmidt did some nice running on the next offensive series
and Ben Willson scored from two yards out. Brian
Pettys ended Fairview's
next possession on an interception. His nifty runback gave the ball back to Avon Lake
deep in Fairview's
end of the field. Maxx Schmidt scored his first varsity touchdown late in the
third quarter to wrap up the scoring. Both coaches emptied their benches as a
lot of players got some game action in a scoreless fourth quarter.
Notes:
- The
victory extends the Shoremen's school record and state best winning streak
to 22 games.
- The
Shoremen finished their 41 year series against Fairview
with a 35-6 record - the highest win total for Avon Lake
against any opponent.
- Mike
Tift now has 17 TD passes in just 7 games, matching Tyler Booher's regular season team record set just last
year.
- Johnny
Lyons is now 46-46 on PAT's this year, an
impressive string at any level of football.
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Avon Lake
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14
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14
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21
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0
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49
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Fairview
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Fairview
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A.L.
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First downs
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4
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16
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Rush Yds
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72
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311
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Pass Yds
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0
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122
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Passes att-comp-int
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0-5-1
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7-12-1
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Fumbles-lost
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4-2
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1-1
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Penalties
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1-15
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6-65
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AL -- Murello 13 pass from Tift (Lyons kick)
AL -- Murello 3 run (Lyons kick)
AL -- Stross 20 pass from Tift (Lyons kick)
AL -- Means 5 pass from Tift (Lyons
kick)
AL -- Doyle 4 run (Lyons kick)
AL -- Willson 3 run (Lyons
kick)
AL -- Schmidt 13 run (Lyons
kick)