Landon Football 21 Episcopal 18

The Alexandria Maroon came to Bethesda with a record not befitting a team with 3 players over 300# and 5 weighing in at least 200# plus a number of talented skill players. The hosts sought an important second IAC wnl as they head to the Bullis & StA last segment of their season.

EHS entered Bordley Stadium at Triplett Field with fire in their bellies and drove 84 yards in nine plays. Their go-for-broke attitude led to their attempting and succeeding at a 2 point PAT. At 7:01 of Q1 EHS 8 BEARS 0

The home team was undeterred by this initial blow and responded. Eleven Bear plays (3 runs, 4 through the air) moved the ball 54 yards. The last yard into the end zone was a pass from SEAN MURRAY to RILEY LUGAR @3:31 PAT goodEHS 8 BEARS 7

The kickoff put the Maroon back on the EHS 37; runs and passes advanced the ball, but A key play was a TFL by Matt Rosner from which their O did not recover. The visitors  4^th down 41 yard FG attempt- missed.

The Bears regained possession at their own 20 and zoomed down the field- UBIE ZAID showed another FB talent by getting a pitch and throwing a parabolic spiral to JAMES GIBSON for 7. Then SEAN resumed his pitching role and threw a strike to CADEN SOUTHWORTH, and the final O attack returned the spheroid UBIE on a reverse and then returned it to SEAN via the air for a 25 yard TD @9:18 PAT good BEARS 14 EHS 8

Landon would not relinquish this lead for the remaining 42 minutes; the other trend worth noting the guests earned 5 penalties in Q1on the way to a total of 14 game total. The referees flagged them several times for personal fouls.

The Maroon O was stopped after 5 plays, the ball turned over on a 4^th down attempt that the Brown D stopped short of the line-to-gain. The home offense lined up to punt on the same important down and the punt team unsuccessfully tried to pass to earn another series- INCOMPLETE.

Alexandria’s O unit moved the chains to the L25 and on 2^nd down threw a pass that MATT caught and ran 70 yards for a PICK SIX @3:30, PAT good BEARS 12 EHS 8.

With only 2:25 left the Marrons made a valiant attempt to score, gaining 53 yards  the red-brown, burgundy team settled for a 25 yard FG BUT MISSED @ 13.6

HALFTIME BEARS 21 EHS 8

Post the halfway break, both teams burped when holding the ball- penalties, incompletions, fumbles and unfulfilled 3^rd and 4^th downs. Bear affirmatively, KAISEN WOHLGEMUTH set the Maroon back with a TFL. As the penultimate quarter came to a close, EHS attempted and converted a field goal at 0:00. Bears 21 EHS 11

An inauspicious EHS first Q4 possession resulted in a 58 yard TD drive to narrow Landon’s score margin to BEARS 12 EHS 18 AT 8:45.

Three Landon possessions (total of 5+’) and EHS two drives (total of 3’) consumed the remainder of the 28’. On a 3rd down (45 yards from the Landon goal line with 0:29 left) LOCK GRIGSBY tipped a pass and an athletic catch as RILEY was falling down SEALED THE VICTORY!!!

FINAL SCORE BEARS 21 EHS 18

11/2 @1:30 BULLIS hits the Bordley Field