Fri, Nov 18, 2016
05:30 PM @
Hamden Hall
| Team |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Final |
| Brooks |
0 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
| Hamden Hall |
12 |
6 |
0 |
20 |
38 |
Hamden Hall uses three late TDs to dump Brooks in Atkins Bowl
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Friday, November, 18
By Kyle Gaudette
PROVIDENCE — Just three plays in and Brooks was already trying to dig itself out of a hole.
Hamden Hall, a team known for its prolific offense (44.7 points per game), forced a fumble and returned it for a touchdown just 70 seconds into the New England Prep Mike Atkins Bowl Friday evening.
A big blow right from the start, but nothing that Brooks could not recover from.
But after another stop on defense, Hamden quarterback Luke Schoonmaker took his team’s first offense play 87 yards to the house, stunning the Brooks’ faithful and sending a buzz up and down the Hornets bench.
The game played rather evenly from that point, with Brooks even sniffing a lead early in the fourth quarter.
But Hamden (11-0) would not be denied its perfect season, using an early lead and a 20-point fourth quarter explosion to beat Brooks 38-13 at Berylson Family Fields at Brown University.
“We got behind the 8-ball early,” said Brooks coach Pat Foley, whose club finished with a 7-2 record. “Our defense had only been on the field for one play and we were already down two touchdowns. But they have a great offense and we knew that, and as the game went on they certainly showed it.”
While the final scoreboard will show 38 points for the Connecticut school, a Brooks defense which had posted back to back shutouts kept it close most of the way.
Down 18-0 with Hamden driving in the red zone, Nick Konovalchik recovered a fumble and nearly took it the length of the field for a score. The 70-yard return eventually set up a 1-yard Seamus Lambert quarterback keeper near the end of the first half to swing the momentum.
Coming out of halftime, Hamden’s first two drives ended in a Terrell Brown interception and another Brooks fumble recovery.
Midway through the third quarter, Brown took a reverse handoff for a 52-yard score which brought Brooks to within a touchdown.
After another stop on defense it seemed as though Lambert had given Brooks the lead with a deep TD strike to Justin Connolly, but an offensive holding call brought the play back.
“That was kind of a tough sequence there,” said Foley. “I thought we were going to score and go up, but in a blink it was a completely different game.”
Midway through the fourth Schoonmaker hit David Spitz for a 35-yard touchdown to bump the lead back up to 22-13. Desperation attempts caused two consecutive Brooks turnovers, both of which were capitalized upon for touchdowns by Hamden.
Brown was the man for Brooks, finishing with a team-high 52 yards on the ground, 80 receiving yards on three catches and an interception on defense.
“I’m proud of these guys,” said Foley. “They had a great season and I feel bad that we couldn’t get the win today for the seniors.”
Game Statistics:
N.E. Prep Mike Atkins Bowl
First Quarter
HH — 30 fumble return (kick failed), 10:50
HH — Luke Schoonmaker 87 run (kick failed), 6:59
Second Quarter
HH — Schoonmaker 5 run (pass failed), 5:01
B — Seamus Lambert 1 run (kick blocked), :32
Third Quarter
B — Terrell Brown 52 run (Trevor Abraham kick), 2:07
Fourth Quarter
HH — David Spitz 35 pass from Schoonmaker (Jack Schoonmaker kick), 5:53
HH — Corey Millhouse 41 pass from Schoonmaker (Schoonmaker kick), 5:31
HH — Schoonmaker 6 run (pass failed), 3:45
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING: BROOKS (26-58): Terrell Brown 1-52, Will Gibeley 3-12, Nick Konovalchik 13-9, Pat Freiermuth 1-(-1), Jaylen Cromwell 2-(-3), Seamus Lambert 6-(-11); HAMDEN (14-119): Luke Schoonmaker 5-102, Justice Antrum 8-14, Anthony Repollet 1-3
PASSING: B — Seamus Lambert 13-27-2, 174; HH — Luke Schoonmaker 11-18-1, 203, Nick Bailey 1-2-0, 36
RECEIVING: B — Terrell Brown 3-80, Will Gibeley 2-31, Justin Connolly 3-28, Pat Friermuth 2-16, Will Barry, 1-10, Jaylen Cromwell 1-5, Kyle Neyman 1-4; HH — Corey Millhouse 4-99, David Spitz 3-80, Michaeil Gulia 2-30, Miles Cogdell 1-26, Justice Antrum 1-2, Connor Breen 1-2
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