10/22: North Haven won the toss
and deferred their choice to the second half. Sheehan wanted the
ball so North Haven kicked off. After not being able to make a
first down, the Titans had to punt. Jalon white took the kick on
a bounce at midfield and took to the sideline, spinning through
tackles, cutting his way back across the field to the other side
all the way to the end zone for a touchdown. The PAT kick was
blocked so the Indian lead was 6-0. From this point until late
in the half, each team put together drives, but neither could
score. There were several punts from each, but after North Haven
could not capitalize on Sean Donahue's interception, the Titans
were given a gift when an Indian pass was ruled an interception
when clearly the ball bounced. |
10/22: The Titans took over
around midfield and moved down with a combination of short
passes and runs by their quarterback and scored to tie the game
at 6 after the conversion failed. North Haven took the kickoff,
but had less than a minute to go. When it got to be 4th and 2 at
the 33 second mark, White gained a key first down with a 5 yard
run through the left side, then took the next snap with only
seconds left on the clock. Following a wall of blockers, White
made it the outside and took off down the sideline, sidestepping
the last tackler on his way to a 55 yard touchdown run. White's
run around the right side on the conversion was denied, so the
Indian's took a 12-6 lead into the half. The third quarter was
rather uneventful as each team punted a couple of times, but.on
the last play of the quarter, a very short Indian punt gave the
Titans the ball at midfield. |
10/22: On the first play of the
4th quarter, Sheehan's QB let fly a bomb for a 50 yard
touchdown, but the ensuing kick was blocked so the score
remained tied at 12. White returned the kickoff to midfield and then took off for
a 42 yard run on the first play. After 2 plays lost a couple
yards, White took a snap and dove for the right pylon eluding
his tackler and scoring a 10-yard touchdown. Anthony Ponzio
carried in the extra two points on a sweep around the right side
to put North Haven up 20-12. After a failed drive by each team,
Sheehan got the ball back with under 2 minutes to play and about
60 yards out. A couple of runs mixed with three long passes, the
last of which was from 27 yards out to a leaping receiver in the
back of the end zone cut the lead to 2. The Titans ran an option
to the right side attempting to tie the game with 2, but were
denied the rush and North Haven went on to win 20-18.
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