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The Shoremen,
their coaches, and their fans have lived the past year with the sour taste of last year’s defeat
at Elyria. The memories of the taunting by the Elyria
players and crowd after that game was over have finally been soothed, as Avon
Lake delivered a thorough whacking to the Pioneers by a 49-14 count. The running game, led by Mike Haddad,
accounted for 285 yards. Nick Firment
threw for 185 yards and 3 touchdowns.
The Shoremen front lines dominated the game on both offense and defense.
Avon Lake kicked off and held the Pioneers to a short
return. Starting from their own 23,
Pioneer QB John Yeaples promptly threw an interception to linebacker Dave
Henderson who returned it to the 24. The
Shoremen couldn’t convert the turnover into any points, as Firment’s 4th
down pass went off Ryan Scherer’s fingertips.
Elyria
quickly went three and out, punting the ball back to A.L. The Shoremen moved to Elyria’s 34, and Firment hit Kevin Mansnerus
with a gorgeous bomb for the first score of the night. The PAT try was no good as Firment had to
scramble after a bobbled snap. Following
another Elyria
punt, the Shoremen took eight plays to go 58 yards for another TD, with Haddad
carrying the final three yards. Firment
threw to Scherer for the two point conversion and Avon Lake
was up 14-0.
After the kickoff,
Elyria went on an impressive, time consuming drive that ate up the rest of the
first quarter and ended in a 22 yard Pioneer touchdown from Yeaples to Serryell
Davis to make the score 14-7. Tyler
Almeida’s kickoff sailed deep into the end zone for a touchback. But it took just 4 plays for the boys in
Maroon & Gold to
cover the 80 yards, with Dan Weimer running a post pattern and snagging another beautiful 39 yard pass from
Firment. The kick was wide so the score
stood 20-7 with 9:15 to play in the second period. The rest of the half was played deep in Elyria’s end of the
field. After Matt Mudry picked off a
Yeaples pass, the Shoremen turned the ball over on downs at the 18. But the
Pioneers punted it right back and Scherer’s 27 yard return put the ball on the Elyria 43 with 1:09 left
before halftime. Two Haddad runs and a
21 yard pass to Eric Cail moved the ball to the five and Haddad took it in from
there. Mike then caught a pass in the
right flat for the two points and the score stood 28-7 at the half.
The third quarter
started with Avon
Lake receiving the kickoff. On 4th & 2 from their own 43,
Haddad burst through for 15 yards. Three
plays later. Firment found Cail running open down the left hash. Eric dodged a couple of tacklers after the
catch and cruised in for a 31 yard touchdown.
Joe Prendergast’s kick made it 35-7.
Right after the kickoff, Yeaples was intercepted again, this time by
Haddad at the 30. Firment went right
back to the air, hitting Peyton Armbrecht on a post to the three. Jeff Tell ran it in from there and the kick
was good again.
Elyria moved the ball down the field after the kickoff, but
fumbled it back to the Shoremen at the Avon Lake
20. Four runs sandwiched around another
pass to Armbrecht moved the ball to Elyria’s
31. Mike Mansnerus burst though the
middle of the Pioneer defense and raced into the end zone. The kick was good again to make it 49-7 as
the third quarter ended. Elyria’s starters added a
fourth quarter score against the Shoremen second string to make the final 49-14
Notes:
·
Senior wideout
Eric Cail scored his first varsity touchdown.
·
Haddad topped the
century mark for the third straight week, carrying 18 times for 155 yards.
·
Kevin Mansnerus
was taken off the field by the EMS in the
second quarter with a neck injury. Kevin
was alert, moving his arms and legs, and had a good strong grip. Come back soon, Kevin!!
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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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Elyria
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0
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7
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0
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7
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14
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E
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A.L.
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First downs
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15
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18
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Rush Yds
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159
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285
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Pass Yds
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70
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185
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Passes att-comp-int
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5-12-3
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7-14-0
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Fumbles-lost
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2-2
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1-1
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Penalties
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6-35
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8-45
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AL – Kevin Mansnerus 34 pass from Firment (pass failed)
AL – Haddad 3 run (Scherer pass from Firment)
E – Davis 22 pass from Yeaples (Almeida kick)
AL – Weimer 39 pass from Firment (kick failed)
AL – Haddad 5 run (Haddad pass from Firment)
AL –Cail 31 pass from Firment (Prendergast kick)
AL – Tell 3 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – Mike Mansnerus 31 run (Prendergast kick)
E – Robbins 24 run (Almeida kick)