GARBER (INCLUDE) 20081103
November 3, 2008
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Garber started the second half on their 30. Coach Schwartz surprised everyone with two quick handoffs to David Laskowski who drive forward for 13 yards. Using various formations to confuse the Cardinals, Garber went back to Aho and moved the ball down field to the Millington 32. Lady luck appeared to be on Garber's side on the next play. Hebert rolled left but was caught. He then reversed field and turned up field when he spotted Travis Britko all alone in the back of the end zone for an apparent touchdown. Jubilation was short lived as Hebert had passed the line of scrimmage, negating the touchdown and ultimately forcing Garber to punt.
As much as Garber gave away the second half in their first meeting, they dominated the second half Saturday. Starting on their own 20, Garber bottleneck the Millington offense, forcing them back to their 16 and a three and out punt.
Garber received good field position on the Millington 45 following the punt. They appeared to be rolling when a holding penalty set them back and on fourth and 8, were forced to punt. Sometimes, you have to make your own breaks and Coach Schwartz figured now was that time. In punt formation, they snapped it to Andrew Aho as he took the ball down to the Millington 28. From there, the inspired offensive line and team hammered away with Aho rushes. It was straight forward power football as he ran the ball to the 15, then 9, then flew to the 3 and finally into the end zone for the tying touchdown. When the go ahead kick sailed wide right leaving it at 20-20, it seemed to charge the Dukes up even more.
Garber then kicked a low, lining grounder that went through the kick returner's legs pinning Millington on their 18 to start the fourth quarter. Garber's front four dominated the line of scrimmage allowing the linebackers to make big plays and Millington couldn't get going. Then a dropped pass forced a three and out and had Garber thinking of taking the lead.
The Dukes started on their 43 but without Andrew Aho who was experiencing severe leg cramps. The offensive line, anchored by center, Chad Hages with guards Shane O'Mara and Kyle Asel with tackles Chris Roshow and Nick Bouchaert continued to blow out holes for the junior backfield of Domonic Trogan and starter David Laskowski. The tandem helped march the ball down to the Millington 34 before Andrew Aho returned. Looking for the go ahead strike, Hebert looked deep for Jimmy Cornejo who was running and out and up. But hit as he was throwing the ball fluttered short and was intercepted at the 8.
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
The interception gave Millington a momentary spark as the moved the ball to their 24. A penalty moved them back to the 19. Reinert rolled out left but as he turned the throw, he was hit by back side pressure led by David Laskowski and sacked at the 4 yard line. Desperate to gain back some yardage if nothing more but to give his punter some room, Reinert rolled out right looking in the flats. Andrew Aho stepped in, intercepting the ball on the 10 and running in for the go ahead touchdown. With the kick, Garber had erased a 13 point deficit and was ahead 27-20 with 3:05 left to play.
Following a pooch kick placing the ball on the 31, Millington went to work. A scramble and a run got them a first down. Then on fourth and six from their 46, Reinert hit his receiver at the sidelines for a first down at the Garber 47. As Reinert was looking right to pass, sophomore defensive end Anthony Meyers came for the back side, punching the ball out and Garber recovered on their 38 yard line.
Garber was looking for one more first down to run out the clock. In a fitting ending to this game, Andrew Aho banged off left guard taking Millington's linebacker head on, spun to his left and bolted 62 yards for the games final score sealing the victory at 33-20. For the day, Andrew Aho carried the ball 40 times for 214 yards while Hebert threw for 102 yards. Garber next travels to Freeland Friday at 7 pm for the district championship.
"They showed a lot of grit, a lot of character. Anytime you play in a playoff atmosphere like this, on their field with two evenly matched teams, and your able to pull if off at the end like this, what a great feeling," beamed a proud and satisfied Coach Schwartz. "We didn't want to change a whole lot from what we did in week 5. We did have some wrinkles and other things that we did especially early, but as the game continued to develop, we went back to some of those things that allowed us to be successful in week 5."
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
(MyBayCity Photo by John Keuvelaar)
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