WALLINGFORD – The dl workforce had put the SCC on discover final week with a fourth-quarter comeback towards North Haven.
Would one other late comeback be within the offing towards l Friday evening?
The Hornets drove into Lyman Corridor territory as time ticked away, however the Trojans' protection was in a position to stand up, cease Branford and win a shootout 38-34 at Fitzgerald Discipline.
"First off, hats off to Branford, they performed an incredible recreation. That is what all of us prepare for, for video games like these," Lyman Corridor quarterback Ryan Casey mentioned.
Casey couldn't be stopped because the Trojans improved to 2-0 for the primary time since 2004. He accomplished all seven of his passes within the first half, and ended up finishing 13-of-16 passes for 359 yards and 4 touchdowns.
"Instantaneous basic. Only a nice recreation between two actually good soccer groups," Lyman Corridor soccer coach CJ Monroe mentioned. "Got here all the way down to the ultimate minutes, backwards and forwards and luckily for us, we made only a couple extra performs."
It was Casey's 24-yard landing run with 2:37 remaining that ended up being the game-winner.
"We had an enormous play on third-and-long to transform (Logan Michaels' 41-yard reception)," Casey mentioned. "The landing was actually cool. I had the block in entrance of me, simply needed to do it with my legs."
Brent Michaud had three landing receptions, together with a 92-yard strike from Casey early within the third quarter.
"Now we have an incredible quarterback and he simply type of did his factor and acquired the ball to me. … He's such an incredible quarterback, he's an incredible participant. He's the explanation we received this recreation. There isn’t any different one who had as massive of an affect as him," Michaud mentioned.
Regardless that each groups play within the SCC, this was an Alliance recreation. Based on Alliance co-founder and SCC commissioner Al Carbone, Lyman Corridor was in a position to schedule a second Alliance recreation for later within the season.
Branford's finest protection was its skill to manage the soccer on offense. Its opening drive went 91 yards on 16 performs, with Chase Konesky capping the lengthy drive with a 1-yard landing run.
Each Konesky and Luke Gagliardi did a tremendous job stepping in for starter Rhamell Fairclough, who went out with an undisclosed harm on that first drive and didn’t return.
The Hornets additionally had a 12-play drive to almost shut out the primary half with Konesky scoring on one other 1-yard run with 12.3 seconds left. That tied the sport at 14.
"I believe our children have loads of grit. We had loads of grit final week," Branford coach John Limone mentioned. "We've acquired issues to wash up, preserve getting higher. I simply informed the children, ‘If you happen to're going to lose, lose since you didn't execute, not since you didn't play with nice effort.'"
Branford quarterback Chris McKittrick went toe-to-toe with Casey within the second half. Tyler Snider made a leaping seize at the back of the top zone for a 25-yard landing within the third quarter and Wyatt Cavallaro had a 16-yard landing catch to begin the fourth quarter. That play put Branford forward 27-22.
Brandon LaPlante caught a 30-yard landing cross from Casey on Lyman Corridor's subsequent possession. The two-point conversion put the Trojans up 30-27.
Gagliardi scored on a reverse on Branford's subsequent possession, organising the final scoring drive for Lyman Corridor.
Participant of the Sport
Ryan Casey, Lyman Corridor:The senior quarterback accomplished 13 of 16 passes for 359 yards and 4 touchdowns, and rushed for a 24-yard rating for the Trojans.
Quotable
"When the sport will get late, you gotta put it in your finest participant's fingers. That's the underside line. Fortuitously for us, in my view, we have now the very best participant within the state of Connecticut." – Lyman Corridor coach CJ Monroe on quarterback Ryan Casey.
Lyman Corridor 38, Branford 34
BRANFORD 7 7 7 13-34
LYMAN HALL 6 8 8 16-38
B-Chase Konesky 1 run (Aidan Tracy kick)
LH-Brent Michaud 10 cross from Ryan Casey (cross failed)
LH-Michaud 43 cross from Casey (Casey run)
B-Konesky 1 run (Tracy kick)
LH-Michaud 92 cross from Casey (Casey run)
B-Tyler Snider 25 cross from Chris McKittrick (Tracy kick)
B-Wyatt Cavallaro 16 cross from McKittrick (cross failed)
LH-Brandon LaPlante 30 cross from Casey (Joe Gierla cross from Casey)
B-Luke Gagliardi 7 run (Tracy kick)
LH-Casey 24 run (Casey run)
Crew data: B 1-1; LH 2-0.
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