Game of the Week: Mt. Lebanon defeats Seneca Valley
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Game of the Week: Mt. Lebanon defeats Seneca Valley
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TO LEBANON FOR OUR GAME OF THE WEEK. GUY: WHEN MOUNT LEBANON PLAYED SENECA VALLEY IN THE REGULAR SEASON, IT'S BLUE DEVILS FELL BEHIND 14-0 AT HALFTIME BUT CAME BACK TO WIN THE GAME BY SIX. TONIGHT THE STAKES ARE A LITTLE HIGHER. THE LOSER GOES HOME. MOUNT LEBANON'S FIRST POSSESSION, THEY WENT 65 YARDS IN SIX PLACE WITH EVAN JONES STARTING A HUGE NIGHT FOR HIM WITH A 1-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN. CASEY AS THE EXTRA POINT, 7-0 LEAD AFTER A QUARTER. SECOND QUARTER, SENECA VALLEY AFTER A COUPLE OF BIG DEFENSIVE STOPS MADE TO THE BLUE DEVILS 29 ON FOURTH AND 8. GABE HIT NICK COOK FOR A FIRST DOWN AT THE 14. LAWSON WOULD TAKE IT IN FROM THE 1. ADAM DAVIES ADD THE EXTRA POINT, 7-7 AT HALFTIME. SECOND HALF, NICK BACK TO PUNT, THE BALL IS SNAPPED PAST AND SENECA VALLEY HAS IT AT THE LEBO18. THE FOURTH TIME IN EIGHT POSSESSIONS THE RAIDERS STARTED IN MOUNT LEBANON TERRITORY. MATT TURNS IT INTO THE GO-AHEAD TOUCHDOWN WITH A FIVE-YARD RUN, 14-7 RAIDERS. THE FIELD POSITION ADVANTAGE SHIFTED TO LEBO. PENALTY ISSUES HELPED THEM START A DRIVE ON THE SENECA VALLEY 30. IT TOOK FOUR RUNS AND ANOTHER RAIDER VALLEY FOR THE TYING SCORE BY EVAN JONES. ON THE ENSUI KICKOFF. BRANDON WEAVER FUMBLES, IT'S RECOVERY BY MATT AT THE SENECA VALLEY 28. JONES TAKES IT IN FOR HIS THIRD T.D. OF THE GAME. THAT IS TWO IN LESS THAN A MINUTE A MOUNT LEBANON LED 21-14. THE BLUE DEVILS STARTED THEIR PTHIRD STRAIGHT DRIVE. JOEY CONVERTED A THIRD DOWN PASS AND JONES SCORED H FOURTH TOUCHDOWN AND AFTER AN INTERCEPTION, JONES SCORES HIS FIFTH TOUCHDOWN, THE SECOND IN 25 SECONDS, THIS TIME JONES WITH JUST UNDER 200 YARDS RUSHING, 35-14 MOUNT LEBANON WINS. DID YOU EVER SCORE FIVE TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME BEFORE? >> NEVER. >> HOW DOES THAT FEEL IN A PLAYOFF GAME? >> IT FEELS REALLY GOOD, SIR. >> IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS STARTING TO SLIP AWAY FROM YOU A LITTLE BIT IN THE SECOND HALF, HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO REGROUP? >> WE MADE ADJUSTMENTS AND JUST KIND OF CAME AND HE RAN THE GAME PLAN. >> IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH THE HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS AND THE THINGS WE NEEDED TO DO AND, AGAIN, I THINK IT STILL COMES DOWN TO TRUSTING THE PROCESS, TRUST THE DAILY COACHING, TRUST THE WAY IN WHICH YOU'RE BEING TAUGHT TO DO THINGS AND NOT PANIC. >> NEXT WEEK THE YOUNG LADIES WILL BE CHEERING AT FOX CHAPEL, THAT'S WHERE MOUNT LEBANON WILL PLAY CENTRAL CATHOLIC IN THE SEMIFINALS, A TEAM THAT BEAT THEM 45-7 TO END
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Game of the Week: Mt. Lebanon defeats Seneca Valley
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Game of the Week: Mt. Lebanon 35, Seneca Valley 14Watch highlights from the game in the video player above.
Game of the Week: Mt. Lebanon 35, Seneca Valley 14
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