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The Shoremen opened up the 2006 campaign with a solid 41-10 victory over the Polar Bears of Toledo Woodward.  Some first-game jitters showed in the opening half as Avon Lake struggled to assert itself.  But after Woodward  took the lead on an 83 yard TD pass early in the second period,  the Shoremen offense clicked into gear and the defense shut down the Bears’ offense for the rest of the game.

A.L. kicked off to open the game, and Woodward hit two quick passes to move the ball to the Shoremen 30.  A pass interference call on 3rd & 14 gave Woodward a new set of downs at the 16.  But the defense stiffened and held the Bears to a 31 Daniel Sandoval field goal.   Scott Shaffer returned the ensuing kickoff 35 yards to the 50, and the Shoremen offense needed just seven running plays to tally the first TD of 2006 as Jeff Tell took a pitch around right end for the score.  Drew Becker hit the PAT for a 7-3 lead. 

After the teams exchanged possessions for the rest of the first quarter,  Makkonen Rice ran a circle route out of the backfield, caught a short pass on the dead run, and scampered 83 yards  to give Woodward a 10-7 lead.  That seemed to ignite the Shoremen, as they put together a smooth 60 yard drive featuring a nice 19 yard catch and run by Scott Davey.  Scott Shaffer went straight up the gut from seven yards out for the score.  A missed PAT kick left the score at 13-10.  After a Woodward punt, the next Shoremen drive looked like it might stall out as they faced 4th & 5 from the Bears’ 14.  But Tim Harris fired a strike to Tom MacGeorge in the left corner of the end zone for a 20-10 halftime lead. 

The second half was all Shoremen.  On Woodward’s first offensive play of the half, Joe Vasiloff sacked QB Sam Wallace, forcing a fumble that was recovered by Sean Linder.  On the next play, Tell broke an arm tackle at the line and raced 20 yards to make the score 27-13.   Tell scored again on a five yard run late in the third period.  Meanwhile the defense made life miserable for Wallace and the rest of his offense, notching a couple more sacks and totally disrupting the Polar Bear offense.  The Shoremen reserves took over in the fourth period and Alex Elamin scored the last TD of the night on a one yard run. 

 

Notes: 

·       The Shoremen extended their regular season win streak to 37 games, stretching back to the fourth game of the 2002 season.

·       Elamin, Tell, Shaffer, and MacGeorge all scored their first varsity TD’s, and Harris tossed his first Friday-night scoring pass.

·       Tell finished the night with 152 yards rushing on 28 carries.  Harris threw for 79 yards.

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Avon Lake

7

13

14

7

41

Toledo Woodward

3

7

0

0

10

 

 

 

TW

 

A.L.

First downs

 

4

 

21

Rush Yds

 

19

 

251

Pass Yds

 

154

 

92

Passes att-comp-int

 

14-6-0

 

13-9-0

Fumbles-lost

 

3-2

 

4-2

Penalties

 

6-40

 

7-50

 

 

 

 

 

TW – Sandoval 31 FG
AL – Tell 6 run (Becker kick)
TW – Rice 83 pass from Wallace (Sandoval kick)
AL – Shaffer 7 run (kick failed)
AL – MacGeorge 14 pass from Harris (Becker kick)
AL – Tell 20 run (Becker kick)
AL – Tell 5 run (Becker kick)
AL – Elamin 1 run (Becker kick)