BRADFORD 28, ST. MARYS 21

Sept. 30, 2005

BRADFORD – Ben Walter’s 69-yard pass to E.J. Moore with 2:38 left in the game gave Bradford a 28-21 D9 League win over St. Marys Friday night in Bradford.

The scoring pass capped a wild fourth quarter that saw both teams score two touchdowns each in the quarter.

Moments before Walter’s pass to Moore, St. Marys had tied the game on a 74-yard scoring pass from Lucas Wendel to Brad Steinback with 2:57 to play.

Bradford (2-3 overall, 2-1 D9 League) led 14-7 entering the fourth quarter before St. Marys tied the game on a 12-yard Brian Tamburlin run with 8:52 left in the game.

The Owls answered with a trick play and a long bomb to take the lead 21-14 on a 55-yard pass from Walter to Nick Foster. The touchdown was set up by a fake punt the play before on fourth-and-11 from the Bradford 31. Upback Taylor O’Brien took the snap and scampered 3 yards for the first down.

St. Marys (2-3, 1-2) led 7-0 at halftime scoring on a 13-yard run by Adam Cornelio late in the half. The Dutch had earlier wasted a 10-minute first-quarter drive that resulted in zero points.

Bradford tied the game with a drive at the start of the second half that consumed 7:36 off the clock. Garret McEwen capped the drive with a 2-yard run.

Steve Butler, the Owls kicker, than made a touchdown saving tackle on Brad Steinback on the ensuing kickoff that turned out big when Bradford blocked a 33-yard field goal attempt by Josh Renwick. McEwen scooped up the Blocks and returned it 75 yards the other way for a 14-7 Owls lead.

BRADFORD 28, ST. MARYS 21

Score by Quarter

S 0 7 0 14 – 21

B 0 0 14 14 – 28

Scoring Summary

Second Quarter

S – Adam Cornelio 13 run (Josh Renwick kick), 4:40

Third Quarter

B – Garrett McEwen 2 run (Steve Butler kick), 4:24

B – McEwen 75 block field goal return (Butler kick), 1:06

Fourth Quarter

S – Brian Tamburlin 12 run (Renwick kick), 8:52

B – Nick Foster 55 pass from Ben Walter (Butler kick), 7:37

S – Brad Steinback 74 pass from Lucas Wendel (Renwick kick), 2:57

B – EJ Moore 69 pass from Walter (Butler kick), 2:38

Stats Courtesy of the DuBois Courier-Express/Tri-County Sunday

S B
First Downs 16 13
Total Yards 351 286
Rushing-att-yds 30-168 28-102
Passing: Att-comp-int 11-17-1 8-12-0
Passing Yards 183 184
Fumbles-lost 1 0
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: St. Marys- Adam Cornelio 15-66, Lucas Wendel 4-28, Scott Schatz
8-47, Brian Tamburlin 3-27, Brandon Novak 1-1. Bradford- Josh Holleran
9-46, E.J. Moore 2-1, Ben Walter 2-(-8), Nick Johnson 9-26, Garrett
McEwen 2-4, Taylor O_Brien 28-102.
Passing: St. Marys- Lucas Wendel 11 of 17 183 yards 1 TD 1 INT.
Bradford- Ben Walter 8 of 12 184 yards 2 TD 0 INT.
Receiving: St. Marys- Shad Boschert 3-20, Scot Schatz 3-47, Adam
Cornelio 1-4, Brad Steinbach 2-92, Brian Tumbuflin 2-20. Bradford- Nick
Foster 5-98, E. J. Moore 1-70, Ben Lunich 2-16.