LYNN — On an evening when Lynn Classical quarterback Brian Vaughan threw for 409 yards and 5 touchdowns, it was his Salem counterpart, Corey Grimes, who had the ultimate say Friday at Manning Field.
In a category by which the groups traded the lead eight instances, it was Grimes who made the sport’s largest play as he discovered Albert Pujols within the again proper nook of the top zone with 13 seconds left to offer the unbeaten Witches a shocking 48-44 win over the Rams.
“These kids have worked really hard over the last three years to get themselves into a position to win a game like this,” Salem coach Matt Bouchard stated.
The game-winning play was simply the coup de gras on an evening of huge performs. It appeared just like the Rams (4-2) had made the game-winning play with 3:46 left when Vaughan hit RJ Faessler for his third landing of the sport to offer Classical a 44-40 lead.
The Witches had been then all the way down to a final gasp moments later however Grimes attached with Devante Ozuna for a seven-yard achieve on fourth down on the Salem 23.
The Witches (6-0) steadily moved to midfield as time continued to tick off. Grimes then hit Ozuna for 17 yards and Quinn Rocco Ryan for 21 extra to succeed in the Classical 10 with simply over a minute left.
Two performs later, Grimes rolled to the best and located Pujols working alongside the again line of the top zone and Pujols was capable of get each toes inbounds on a superbly thrown go.
“We wanted to hit Devante on coming out of the backfield on that play. Albert did a great job of working his way open and making a great play,” Bouchard stated.
The first half gave little indication of what was to come back because the groups had been tied at 18 heading to halftime.
Vaughan’s 11-yard TD to John Nasky at first of the third kicked off a 32-point quarter by each groups.
Ryan raced 56 yards moments later to offer Salem a 26-24 lead. Just 70 seconds later, Faessler snared a 73-yard aerial and Classical had the lead again.
Shane Field scored on a three-yard run to place the Witches again in entrance earlier than Classical’s Julius Patterson closed the third with a three-yard run to make it 38-32 Rams.
Ortiz’s eight-yard run with 8:03 left gave Salem again the lead and arrange the dramatic stretch run for each groups.
“This team just seems to perform its best in pressure situations,” Bouchard stated. “They are able to focus on what they need to do to be successful.”
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