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The Shoremen scored early and often, running up over 300 yards of offense in the first half alone, as they trounced Westlake by a 55-14 count.  Mike Haddad scored three TD’s, Jeff Tell rushed for 120 yards, and Nick Firment dissected the Demon’s secondary with eight completions in ten attempts.  Both Westlake scores and most of their rushing yardage came against the Shoremen reserves long after the outcome had been determined.

Avon Lake received the kickoff and started from their 27 yard line.  Haddad’s 13 yard touchdown run capped the 73 yard, eight play drive which featured Firment passes of 14 yards to Dan Weimer and 21 yards to Scott Shaffer.  Joe Prendergast kicked the first of his five PAT’s for a 7-0 lead.  A quick three and out put the offense back in business, again starting at their own 27.  This time it took 11 plays to cover the 73 yards, with Haddad cashing in from the one to build the margin to 14-0.  A roughing the passer penalty gave Westlake their initial first down, but the Shoremen “D” stopped them cold and the Demons faced 4th & 10 at their 40 as the quarter ended.

Westlake punted the ball to the Avon Lake 29 to start the second quarter.  After a long pass intended for Ryan Scherer was incomplete on first down, Haddad picked up 18 on a fullback counter over the left side of the Shoremen line.  Firment came right back with another bomb to Scherer, and this time Ryan pulled in the perfect throw for a gain of 38 to the Westlake 15.   Firment and Scherer hooked up again for a first down on 3rd and 8, and  two runs up the middle by Haddad covered the last four yards for a 21-0 lead.  The Demons managed one first down on their next possession, but punted again, this time into a gusty wind that knocked the ball down at the Shoremen 45.   On third down  a muffed pitch was recovered by the Demons and their offense went to work at midfield.  Westlake was flagged for a 15 yards unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, then a desperation pass on 3rd and 23 was picked off by Kevin Mansnerus and Avon Lake took over at their 27 once again.  Firment hit Weimer for twenty yards, Tell ran for four, and then Nick found Shaffer over the middle for another 10.  Tell ran 23 yards off left tackle  to the 16, then finished the drive on the nest play as  he broke over the right side and cut back up the middle.  The point after made the score 28-0 at the half.

Things didn’t improve for Westlake after the break.  Three plays after receiving the kickoff, they faced 4th & 22 from their seven yard line.  Scherer fielded a poor punt at the 30 and brought it back to the 25.  Tell carried it in from the nine four plays later to extend the lead to 34-0.  Three plays after the kickoff, Cody Bennington recovered a Demon fumble at the 27.  Pete Hart took over at quarterback and wasted no time, hooking up with Sean Oxley, who made a nice leaping catch in traffic and sprinted in for six.  The kick was good and the score stood 41-0 with less than five minutes gone in the third period.  Westlake picked up one first down, then punted for just 12 yards to set up the Shoremen at the Demon 45.  After  a couple runs by Steve Mares,  Shaffer raced 36 yards on a pitch to the right.  Nick Gamellia booted the point and it was 48-0 after three quarters.

Westlake put together a nice drive against the Shoremen reserves, marching 75 yards in 11 plays and consuming over 8 minutes.  Jimmy Abed ran it in from the five to cut the lead to 48-7.  The Shoremen fumbled away the kickoff, and Westlake recovered at the 18.  It took the just three plays to reach the end zone  and make it a 48-14 game with 4:46 left.  Mike Mansnerus capped the scoring a couple minutes later on a 32 yards burst down the left sideline.  Gamellia’s extra point made the final score 55-14

 

Notes: 

·       With his three touchdowns against Westlake, Haddad raised his total for the year to 23. 

·       Tell carried 16 times for 120 yards.  Jeff needs just 73 yards to join Mike in the thousand yard club.

·       With Piqua and Sylvania Southview both losing, the Shoremen have the inside track to finish first in Region 6 with a win next Friday at Amherst.  Avon helped out tonight with a 14-12 upset over N. Ridgeville to add an unexpected 5.5 level two points to the Shoremen’s total.  If Avon and Dover win next week, which seems likely, Piqua and Toledo Central Catholic would need all of  their level two games to go their way.  If Elyria could somehow come up with a win over Lakewood, that would seal the deal for the Shoremen.

·       Last but not least, Avon Lake has clinched a share of the SWC crown.  A victory next week will give the Shoremen the title outright.

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Avon Lake

14

14

20

7

55

Westlake

0

0

0

14

14

 

 

 

W

 

A.L.

First downs

 

9

 

20

Rush Yds

 

157

 

297

Pass Yds

 

0

 

163

Passes att-comp-int

 

8-0-2

 

9-11-0

Fumbles-lost

 

4-1

 

4-1

Penalties

 

5-48

 

4-40


AL – Haddad 14 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – Haddad 1 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – Haddad 2 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – Tell 16 run (Prendergast kick)
AL – Tell 9 run (pass failed)
AL – Oxley 27 pass from Hart (Prendergast kick)
AL – Shaffer 36 run (Gamellia kick)
W – Abed 5 run (Speicher kick)
W – Hayden 1 run (Speicher kick)
AL – M. Mansnerus 32 run (Gamellia kick)