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LAKEWOOD LANCERS FALL TO JOHN GLENN The John Glenn little Muskie's got a hard earned victory over a Lakewood Lancer team that was out coached all night and not given much of a opportunity to win. John Glenn would score 3 1st half touchdowns and hold the proud Lancers to a 36 yard field goal by SR kicker Josh Wells in route to a 21-3 win in first round action of the Ohio High School playoffs. The 1st Little Muskie touchdown would come on a 14 yard pass to SR tightend Jamison Addy from SR quarterback Mike Pachuta on a ball that strong safety Eric White tipped..JR kicker Chad Donley would add the extra point making the score 7-0 John Glenn with 6.59 remaining in the opening quarter. The 2nd Little Muskie touchdown would come with 31 seconds left in the 1st as SR Brent Riggle went 82 yards do to poor tackling by the Lancers ,after the extra point the score was 14-0. Lakewood running only 3 or 4 different plays all night would get on the board with 5.12 left in the half when Wells connected on his field goal. The last score on the night would again would come from poor tacking by the Lancers as Darren Derwacter would go 40 yards for a touchdown with only 51 seconds remaining before the half came to a end. The lancers would hold John Glenn to 1 first down in the 2nd half and force a turnover when Eric white would get a pick with 5.53 left in the 3rd.The lancers offense do to as many fans who set around me said horrible play calling was never a factor . The game did not start out very well for either team as they exchanged turnovers on their first drive, both turnovers were fumbles which was aided by rainy conditions all night long. The brightest spot on the night for the Lancers was when freshman punter Chris Hoffer mishandled a snap on 4 and 16 and was able to pick the ball up and run for about a 20 yard gain giving the Lancers a rare first down. The Little Muskie's offense totaled 297 yards on the night gaining 220 of that on the ground .Brent Riggle lead the rushing attack with 107 yards on only 6 attempts.Leading the receivers for the Little Muskie's was Nathan Gebhart 1 catch for 20 yards. The Lancers had 0 yards in the air as SR quarterback Mike Dawson went 0-15 never coming close to throwing a good ball all night ,a lot of his trouble was the rain .The Lancers gained only 123 yards on the ground on 43 attempts. The Lancers tried all night running the ball up the middle all night going outside very fiew times mostly on quarterback keepers that seldom fooled anyone at the game let alone the John Glenn defense. Leading the Lancers on the ground was Randall Adkins 49 yards on 16 carries. John Glenn goes to round to with a 9-2 record to face a 9-2 Gallipolis Gallia team, at a site to be determine later in the week. The Lancers end their 1st ever playoff season with 2 straight defeats falling to 7-4. newarkcatholicfan |