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Greeley's 3 touchdown strikes in 2nd Quarter, Sink Tigers, 27-7
Posted on Saturday, October 13 @ 17:00:22 EDT by jfbailey
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WPCNR PRESS BOX. October 13, 2007: White Plains took a 7-6 lead over Horace Greeley in the first minute of the second quarter, and then things went bad. The Quakers mixing up elaborate quarterback draws, counters and getting outside in a hurry behind superb blocking put up three unanswered touchdowns, the second set up by an interception, the third and clinching six coming off a high snap to the White Plains punter that set it up, to overpower the Tigers, 27-7 at Eastview School.
Mike Howard kicks PAT to Put White Plains ahead 7-6, before Horace Greeley struck for three touchdowns. Ray Mitchell scored the Tiger touchdown on a 1-yard plunge.
Greeley drove 80 yards in 9 plays, highlighted by a 39 yard run by Joe Yeres to a first and goal on the Tiger 9, followed by an 8 yard touchdown run by Dylan St. John to take a 12-7 lead at the 7:30 mark before the half.
Matt Brophy picked up a Tiger pass at the Greeley 40 on a Tiger 3rd and 8 and returned it to the Tiger 40 with 5 minutes to go. Then a Brett Garson pass to St. John carried 28 yards to the Tiger 12, and Dylan St. John lugged it in untouched for a 18-7 lead with 4:20 minutes to go. A 2-point conversion lengthened the spread to 20-7.
Next came the Tiger Tamer. With the Tigers facing 4th down on their own 9, a high snap to punter Dan Berroa caused Dan to get the kick off just barely...giving Greeley a first down on the Tiger 24. Not a good thing. On the first play QB Garson hit Brophy leaping high between two Tiger defenders at the 5. Brophy leaped high, outjumping the double coverage, making a circus catch and scampered into the end zone to give Greeley a 26-7 lead. With the point, the score was 27-7 at halftime. A long pass to Shavaughn Green at the Greeley 10 was just missed by Shivaugh, leaving the score 27-7 at time ran out. White Plains could not move the ball in the second half.
The Tigers scored their first touchdown keyed by a 15 yard face mask penalty that put them inbusiness at the Greeley 30 yard line. After a run, Maurice Thomas rumbled up the middle to the Quarker 11, a 19 yard ramble.Ray Mitchell carried for a first down on the 1, and scored on the next play. Mike Howard added the point on a kick and the Tigers had a shortlived lead, 7-6 after a minute of the first quarter.
Tigers and Quakers playing in the lengthening shadows of autumn.
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