PLYMOUTH – If you get knocked down, the previous adage is to simply get again up.
Plymouth South trailed by 15 factors early on however rallied within the second half in a 28-22 thriller over Pembroke in a key Patriot League Fisher Division battle.
Casious Johnson (20 carries; 58 yards) was bottled up a lot of the evening for the Panthers on the bottom however scored his two touchdowns within the pivotal second half, together with the game-winner with 3:41 left in regulation to maintain Plymouth South (5-0) undefeated on the season.
Johnson’s successful tally was arrange by Plymouth South senior linebacker Jackson Elliott, who picked off hard-luck Pembroke quarterback Jake Falco contained in the 10-yard line on a first-and-10 from the Panthers 14-yard line with 6:36 remaining within the fourth with the rating knotted at 22-22. Elliott jumped the route from his inside slot and introduced the ball out to the 20-yard line to arrange the pivotal six-play drive.
“Being there in that moment inside the ten – I knew I had to make a play,” stated Elliott. “We know when we see our offense struggling a bit, we know we have to pick each other up on the defensive side of the ball. We’ve done it all year, against Foxboro and Hanover as well, our defense is what kept us in those games and we have to act like we’ve been here before.”
Pembroke didn’t flinch because the Titans drove the sphere once more on an 11-play drive that got here up simply brief on a fourth-and-goal move from Falco on the two-yard line that was damaged up by Liam Davis with 41.3 seconds left within the recreation.
“I don’t think we played well at Silver Lake, the defense picked us up,” stated Plymouth South coach Darren Fruzetti. “We got out to hot start at Revere, offense went flat, defense picked us up. Defense picked us up at Foxboro, defense picked us up in Hanover, so this is the common theme here and the defense is playing lights out.”
Pembroke (2-3) was the one who was scorching with their first two possessions of the sport. Brendan Kanya took the opening kickoff 90 yards to the home for the short 6-0 Titans lead. After an offsides name, Pembroke head coach Steve Aborn Sr., opted for the two-point conversion and Plymouth South was already surprised.
Next set of downs for the Titans was a fast six-play drive ending with Falco discovering Will McNamara ultimately zone on a 28-yard toss-up on a fourth-and-12 play for the 15-0 lead with 8:20 nonetheless left within the first quarter.
Declan Davis lastly obtained Plymouth South on the board on the Panthers personal fourth-down name from the Titans 24. Cole Brunstrom, who was excellent below heart with 15-of-23 passing for 238 yards for the Panthers, discovered Davis in the course of the top zone for a shoestring landing catch.
With the rating tied 15-15 after a Gio Lynch 14-yard landing run for Plymouth South, Pembroke answered immediately as Jack Tosone scored (20 carries for a game-high 103 yards) from 16 yards out to place the Titans again out entrance 22-15 at 6:35 of the third.
Johnson dealt with the remainder with the game-tying rating with seconds left within the third from 7-yards out and once more for the rubber stamp landing after Elliott’s game-saving interception.
“We did things to (Johnson) that no one has done. We played tough, we stuck with the game plan, and we struggled a little in the secondary but that’s something we have to work on,” stated Aborn Sr. “We moved the needle and our goal is to be playing our best football in the playoffs. The idea is to stop (Johnson) and you don’t have to be Bill Belichick to figure that out, but (Elliott’s interception) that killed us. You take a chance when you throw the ball.”
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