October 28, 2007
BP
The Hinsdale Falcons 100 pound gold team defeated the hard
hitting Glendale Heights Spartans, 15-0 in a first round home
playoff game on Sunday October 28 The Falcons recorded their
fourth straight shutout victory while improving their record to
6-3, and moving on to the second round of the playoffs.
Hinsdale’s powerful offense wasted no time scoring as running
back Trevor Paul (8 rushes for 112 yards), rumbled 55 yards for
a touchdown on the games’ first play from scrimmage. This
spectacular run was keyed by the blocking of quarterback Kevin
Hale, tight end Danny Bergdoll, left tackle Michael Lord, left
guard Rorey Seligman and center Patrick Drew. Running back
Charlie Emmons slammed in the extra point to give Hinsdale a 7 –
0 lead.
The Hinsdale defense came out breathing fire and delivered some
of their most devastating tackles of the season as linebacker
Michael O’Doherty (4 tackles, 1 fumble caused), defensive tackle
Jack Paulson (4 tackles, 1 for negative yardage and one fumble
caused), linebackers Emmons (4 tackles) and James Benak (4
tackles, one for negative 7 yards and one fumble caused) just
overwhelmed the Spartan offense in the first half, while free
safety Sam MacKenzie recovered 2 Spartan fumbles.
Hinsdale then scored their second touchdown as Emmons (9 rushes
for 57 yards) ran 36 yards for the score behind the blocking of
O’Doherty, right tackle Alex Jeannin and fullback Andrew Davis.
The Falcons added 2 points as Hale threw a strike to tight end
Matthew Muellner for the conversion, making the score 15-0.
The Spartans did mount a long, sustained fourth quarter drive
before defensive end Muellner (2 deflected passes), defensive
tackle Jack Regan (3 tackles), nose guards Matthew Allen (3
tackles) and Jack Dolan (3 tackles) helped stall the Spartan
offense. However, it was cornerback Ben Stefani’s 2 second half
pass deflections and devastating tackle that completely took the
wind out of the Glendale Heights’ sails. Stefani also had 7
rushes for 50 yards in the contest.
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