ECC 33, KANE 14

Sept. 9, 2005

Mahoney was 11 of 17 passing for 137 yards and three touchdowns while running eight times for 40 yards and a score.

The Crusaders (2-0 overall, 2-0 AML South) trailed 7-0 at the end of the first quarter but scored the next 21 points to take a 21-7 lead early in the third quarter.

Kane (1-1, 1-1) cut the lead to 21-14 late in the third quarter before ECC put it away with 12 unanswered fourth quarter points.

ECC had a balanced offense with 194 yards rushing and 137 passing while using a balanced rushing attack that saw four players run for at least 40 yards.

Derek McCullough was the leading rusher with six carries for 58 yards. He added four catches for 41 yards and two touchdowns.

The Crusaders offense also kept Kane off the field running 69 plays to Kane’s 39.

Kane got on the board first with 13-play, 58-yard drive that was capped by a 1-yard touchdown run by Kyle Oakes. Oakes carried the ball 10 times on the drive.

ECC had a chance to tie the game after Oakes’ score, but the Wolves came up with a goal-line stand on fourth-and-1 from the Kane 1.

The Wolves then moved out to their own 40 when Zach Anderson hit Paul Eastman with a 7-yard pass and a first down. But Eastman fumbled the ball, and ECC took over.

The Crusaders capitalized immediately on the turnover when Mahoney hit A.J. Seelye with a 31-yard pass to tie the score at seven with 9:44 left in the first half.

Another Kane turnovers – this time a fumble by Oakes – set ECC up with another short field late in the second quarter. Once again the Crusaders took advantage with a 5-yard pass from Mahoney to McCullough giving ECC a 14-7 halftime lead.

The Crusaders made it 21-7 on their first drive of the second half when Anthony Mastrogiacomo scored on a 1-yard run.

Kane answered with a 46-yard touchdown pass from Anderson to Alex Fadenholz to cut the lead to 21-14.

A 10-yard pass from Mahoney to McCullough with 7:35 left in the game made it 27-14, and Mahoney’s 11-yard run with 2:27 to go ended the scoring.

Seelye had three catches for 62 yards and score for ECC.

Oakes ran 20 times for 94 yards and a touchdown for Kane, while Anderson was 5-for-8 passing for 93 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.

Paul Eastman had four catches for 61 yards, while Fadenholz had two catches for 53 yards and a touchdown.