WESTWOOD — Sometimes it’s good to have a working again who can throw a bit.
Lasean Sharp threw a halfback choice landing cross to Michael Hegarty as time ran out in Catholic Memorial’s gorgeous 41-38 comeback win at Xaverian.
Asked how usually the Knights observe that trick play, CM (3-1) coach John DiBiaso smiled and stated, “Every day.”
The play got here on the again finish of a livid ultimate drive. Xaverian took a 38-35 lead when quarterback Henry Hasselbeck hit Jonathan Monteiro for a 10-yard landing with 56 seconds left. Denzil Pierre, who rushed for 3 touchdowns and 111 yards, caught the two-point conversion. Hasselbeck completed with 157 yards passing and two touchdowns on 10-of-16 completions.
But CM was not executed. Quarterback Peter Bourque hit huge completions to George Mather, Caleb Garrity, and Isaiah Faublas on that final drive, and completed with 194 passing yards.
The Knights moved to the Xaverian 6-yard line with simply two seconds left. After a timeout, CM got here out in a full-house backfield, and Bourque took the snap and pitched it to Sharp. The junior ran to his proper, gathered the ball in his proper hand, and threw a low cross to Hegarty, who did nicely to catch it with no time on the clock.
“It’s a trick play designed for me,” Sharp stated. “We came out, practice it every day. He called it at the perfect time. Coach Dibs, he’s so smart. You never know what he’s going to do. He said, ‘We’re going for the win,’ and that’s what we did.”
“You’ve got to save it for the right time,” DiBiaso stated of the play.
Most of the sport, Xaverian (3-2) seemed to be the higher crew, and led for a lot of the evening.
Pierre scored on an 8-yard landing on the opening possession. Although CM tied it when Chris Sanchez struck from three yards out, Xaverian struck twice extra within the second quarter. Caleb Brown scored on an exquisite 25-yard landing cross from Hasselbeck.
When Pierre scored once more on a 5-yard run, the Hawks led, 20-7, and had all of the momentum.
But each time, CM answered. Sanchez had a 1-yard scoring run, and Xaverian went into the break with a 23-14 lead after Joseph MacDonald’s 28-yard discipline aim.
CM saved chipping away. Zach Brown scored a 4-yard landing, however Pierre made a rugged, 33-yard landing run over left sort out to push the lead again to 30-21.
Sharp, who had an amazing second half and completed with 119 yards on 21 carries, had scoring runs of 10 and a pair of yards as CM took its first lead with 7:25 to play.
Xaverian was in a position to get again in the long run zone, however left an excessive amount of time for Sharp and the Knights.
“I’m very proud of all of them,” DiBiaso stated. “We had guys out (injured) all over the place. We lost two kids with dislocated shoulders. … Our death was greatly exaggerated. We came right out of the grave tonight.”
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