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  Boys Football Class 4A State Final Results 1997-98 

 New Lenox (Providence) 26, Metamora 12

 Play-By-Play
Coin Flip: Metamora wins flip, elects to receive from north end zone

1st Quarter
Time/Team Type of Play
Kickoff: Godfreykicks to dikes at the 14, returns to the 33 (20 yards) (Steinbeck)

1/10/m33 Bryan Murphy loss of two tackled for loss (Passolano)
2.12/m31 Bryan Murphy tackled for loas of 1 (Passolano)
3/13/m30 Bryan Murphy over right guard for 6 (Steinback)
4/8/34 Moss punt to 43 yards return of 2 by Brown (Mauer)
Providence 9:29
1/10/p23 Ruggion gain of 3 (Delinski)
2/7/p26 Ruggion gain up the middle for 4 (Elbert)
3/3/p30 Ruggio over right guard gain of 7 FC rush (Reliford)
1/10/p37 Ruggio over right guard for 6 (Cardin)
2/4/p43 ruggio overright guard gain of 6 FD Rush (Elbertr)
1/10/p49 Ruggio right tackle gain of 5 (Cardin)
2/5/m46/ Rigsby gain of 1 (Reliford)
3/4/M45 Ruggio gain of 2 (reilford)
4/2/m43 Ruggio no gain, short of first down (Cardin)
Metamora 5:05)
1/10/M43 Dishroom gains 1 (Braun)
2/9/44 Dykes gains of 2 (Domenico)
3/7/m46Dishroom pass to Allen gain of 4 (Sowonik)
4/3/50 D.Mosspass off fake punt to Bryan Murphy complete for 8 yards fumble recovery by Braun no return (Braun)
3:01 Providend
1/10/p42 Ruggio gain of 1 (Cardin)
2/9/P43 O'rell pass complete to Steinbeck for gain of 3 (Wilkerson)iv
3/6/p43 o'Reel pass intended for Popp break up by Alig
4/6/p46 Anthony Olszta punt to the 28 (29) yards no return on fair catch
Metamora 1:31
1/10/M29 Dishroom pass intended for Allen incomplet (overthrown)
2/10/m29 Allen overleft guatd for gain of six (Sowonik)
3/4/m35 Dishroom pass complete to Bryan Murphy for 11 yards FD pass (Braun)
1/10/m46 Bryan Murphy over left guard for 4 (Anthony Olszta)
END OF FIRST QUARTER: Metamora 0, Providence 0
2nd Quarter
2/6/50 Allen off left tackle for 10 FD Rush (Passolano)
1/10/P40 Dishroom sweep left keeper gain of 7 (Braun)
2/3/P33 Bryan Murphy over left guart gain of 5 FD Rush (Anthony Olszta)
1/10/P28 Allen over left guard for gain of 1 (Ricky Olszta)
2/9/927 Dishroom intercepted by Joyce at the 5 return 24 yards intended for Dikes (Murphy)
Providende 9:39
1/10/p29 Poppe loss of1 (Cardin)
2/11/28 O'Reel pass complete to Brandon Johnson for gain of 6 (Wilkerson)
3/5/p34 O'Reel pass dropped by Popp incomplete
4/5/P34 Anthony Olszta punt for 14 yards no return
Metamora 8:06
1/10/p48 Bryan Murphy over left guard gain of 2 (Wagner)
2/8/P46 Dishroom sacked for loss of 10 (Steinbach)
3/18/M44 Time out Metamora (6:39)
3/18/M44 Dishroom keeper left side gain of 12 (Braun)
4/6/P44 DeMoss punt for 44 yards, no return (touchback)
Providence 6:13
1/10P20 Ruggio gains 3 up the middle (Reliford)
2/7/p23 Ruggio pass to Popp left sideline 10 yards FD Pass (Allen)
1/10/p33 Ruggio up middle gain of 3 (Cardin)
2/7/P36 Ruggio second effort for gain of 4 (Delinski)
3/3/p40 O'Reel pass to Popp gain of 11 right side line FD pass (lONG)
1/10/M49 O"reel keeper slants to right sideline for gain of 37 FD Pass (Reliford)
1/10/M12 O'Reel pass intended fo Brandon Johnson falls incomplete short of end zone
2/10/M12 Ruggio bounces off one tackler, gain of 2 (Elbert)
3/8/M10 O'Reel pass to Brandon Johnson front side of left corner for touchdown 8 yards FD Pass (9 plays, 80 yards and 3:43) PAT kick by Godfrey wide left) Providence 6, Metamora 0
Godfrey kicks off to Dishroom return 0 (foot out of bounds when he touched the ball)
Metamora 2:28
1/10/M13 Dishroom keeps for 5 (Ricky Olszta)
2/5/M18 Dishroom pass intended for Dikes overthrown (Peters there for break up)
3/5/M18 Bryan Murphy for 3 yard loss then Braun recovers for 10 yards
Priovidende 1:36
1/G/M5 Providence false start 5 yard penalty
1/G/M10 O'Reel pass intended for Sowonik thrown short)
2/G/M10 O/Reel pass to Steinbach in middle of end zone for 10 yard touchdown FD Pass (2 plays, 5 yards 10 seconds) Pat attempt: O'Reel pass intended for Ruggio incomlplete) Providence 12, Metamora 0)
Godfrey kick off fielded at 19 by Mischler return of 7
Metamora 1:26
1/10/M26 Allen gain of 4 (Sowonik)
2/6/m30 Dishroom pass to Bryan Murphy complete right sideline fo 12 yards FD pass (Joyce)
1/10/M42 Dishroom flushed out of pocket gain of 4 (Anthony Olszta)
Time out Metamora at O:24
2/6/M46 Dishroom sacked for loss of 9 (Anthony Olszta)
Time Out: Providence (0:09)
3/15/M37 Dishroom pass intended for Allen incomplete
Time out: Metamora
4/15/M37 Dishrrom pass intended for Dykes incomplete
Halftime Score: Providence 12, Metamora 0

Third Quarter
Wilkerson kicks to 10 return by Bryan Moody (Cardin)
Providence 12:00
1/10/p24 _ Rigsby gain of ) (Elbert)
2?10/P24 _ O'Reel pass intercepted by Delinski at 34 returns 3 yards (Burke)
Metamora 11:01
1/10/P31 Bryan Murchyp gain of 1 (Dassalan))
2/9/.p32 Allen option pitch loss of 5 (Steinbach)
3/14/P35 _ Dishroom scrambles pass for Allen incomplete break up by (Gregg Braun)
4/14/P35 _ Dishroom scrambles for gain of 13 (Sowonik)
Providence 9:36
1/10/P22 _ Ruggio up middle gain of 3 (Cardin)
2/7/P25 _ Rigsby up middle gain of 3 (Reliford)
3/4/P28 _ O'Reel pass incomplete intended forPoppe
4/4/P28 Anthony Olszta punt to the 40 (32 yards) return by Allen for 5 yards
Metamora 8:04
1/10/M45 Bryan Murphy around right end gain of 5 (Domenico)
2/5/50 _ Bryan Murphy gain of 2 (Domenico)
3/3/P48 _ Dishroom keeper gain of 3 (Sowonik) fD Rush
1/10/P45 _ Dykes tackled for loss of 1 (Lenahan)
2/11/P46 _ Dishroom keeper for gain of 2 (Cavanaugh)
3/9/P44 _ Dishroom pass complete to Seckler 15 gain FD pass
1/10/P29 _ Allen gain of 3 (Anthony Olszta)
2/7/P26 _ False start on Metamora 5-yard penalty
2/10/P29 _ Dishroom dumps it out of bounds
3/10/P20 _ Dishroom pass intended for Allen incomplete Pass interference defense FD penalty
1/10/P14 _ Bryan Murphy gain of 3 (Sowonik)
2/7/p11 _ Dishroom keeper gain of 5 (Peters)
3/2/p6 _ Dishroomkeeper left guard gain of 3 FD Rush (Domenico)
1/G/P3 _ Bryan Murphy gains 2 (Passolono)
1/G/P1 _ Bryan Murphy off right guard for Touchdown (FD rush) (14 plays, 55 yards, 6:27) PAT Dishroom run fails
Providence 12, Metamora 6
Wilkerson kick off to 5 yard line return by Popp for 55 yard return (Reliford)
1/10/M40 _ Ruggio gain up middle for 3 (Hynes)
2/7/M37 _ Ruggio stopped for loss of 1 (Elbert tackle for loss)
3/8/M38 _ O'Reel pass complete to Rigsby for gain of 26 FD pass (Delinski)

4th Quarter
1/10/M12 _ Ruggio no gain (Cardin)

2/10/M12 _ O'Reel intended for Popp incomplete break up by Allen
3/10/M12 _ O'Reel pass intercepted by Delinski at 2, return of 11 (Steinbach)
Metamora 11:13
1/10/M13 _ Dykes weaves for gain of 3 (Gregg Braun)
2/7/M16 _ Dishroom pass complete to Seckler who fumbles and recovers gain of 27 (Braun) FD Pass
1/10/M43 _ Dykes no gain (Domenico)
2/10/M43 _ Dishroom keeper right side gain of 6 (Sowonik)
3/4/M49 _ Dishroom naked bootleg right side gain of 11 FD Rush (Peters)
1/10/P40 _ Dykes counter up middle, slants to right side for touchdown FD rush (6 plays, 87 yards, 2:38) PAT pass by Dishroom intercepted in end zone) Providence 12, Metamora 12
Wilkerson kicks off to Popp at 14 returns for 13 (Keysor)
Providence 8:25
1/10/P27 _ Ruggio up middle for gain of 1 (Reliford)
2/9/P28 _ O'Reel pass complete to Popp right sideline for gain of 4 (Cardin)
3/5/P32 _ O'Reel screen pass to Popp gain of 2 (Alig)
4/3/P34 _ Tony Olzsta punts out of bounds for 31 yards
Metamora 6:10
1/10/M35 _ Bryan Murphy gain of 2 (Passollano)
2/8/M37 _ Bryan Murphy up middle gain of 3 (Kavanaugh)
3/5/M40 _ Dishroom pass incomplete (thrown away) Penalty: Metamora illegal touching 5 ayrds and loss of down
4/16/M30 _ DeMoss punt for 36 yards no return
Providence 4:41
1/10/P35 _ O'Reel pass intended by Poppe who bobbled, ball flew up in air and he caught it again for 65 yard touchdown (1 play, 65 yards, 11 seconds) PAT kick by Godfrey is good) Providence 19, Metamora 12
Godfrey kicks off to Dykes at the 10 return of 20 yards (Steinbach)
Metamora 4:30
1/10/M30 _ Dykes up middle for gain of 4 (Kavanaugh)
2/6/M34 _ Dishroom pass to Seckler on slant for gain of 10 FD Pass (Peters)
1/10/N44 _ Bryan Murphy run of 16 yards he fumbles recovered by Domenico
Providence 3:22
1/10/P40 _ Ruggio left side gain of 11 FD Rush (Mauer)
1/10/M49 _ Ruggio right guard gain of 2 (Elbert)
2/8/M47 _ Ruggio left guard gain of 2 (Reliford)
TIME OUT: Metamora (1:51)
3/6/M45 _ O'Reel pass complete to Popp at right sideline gain of 8 FD pass (Allen)
1/10/M37 _ Ruggio up middle, breaks away for touchdown of 37 yards (1:34) (5 plays, 60 yards, 1:48) PAT kick by Godfrey was good Providence 26, Metamora 12
Godfrey kicks off to Dykes at the 11 and a return of 23 (Miles)
1/10/M34 _ Dishroom quick slant intended for Naumahn incomlplete
2/10/M34 _ Dishroom pass intended for Dykes over thrown
3/10/M34 _ Dishroom pass intended for Seckler incomplete
4/10/M34 _ Dishroom scrambles for no gain (Sowonik)
Providence 0:58
1/10/M34 _ Ruggio stacked up at line for gain of 1 (Reliford) Metamora penalty unsportsmanlike conduct FD penalty
Time out Metamora 0:46
1/10/M18 _ O'Reel takes knee loss of 2 (Metamora timeout 0:41)
2/12/M20 _ O'Reel takes knee loss of 2

Final Score: Providence 26, Metamora 12



 Box Score

IHSA Official Scoring Summary Class 4A Officials: Wayne V. Kroeger, Nokomis-Linesman; Gregory Lipe, Hillsboro-Back Judge; Philip Pogue, Fairbury-Umpire; Joseph Rix, Champaign-Line Judge; Paul M. Tomazzoli, Hillsboro-Referee.

Temperature: 57 F
Wind: SW 8
Weather Conditions: overcast

Score by Quarters                        1   2   3   4  Final
Visitor: New Lenox (Providence) (12-1)   0  12   0  14    26
Home: Metamora (13-0)                    0   0   6   6    12
Scoring Drives Team/Type of Play Visitor Home
NL(P) Brandon Johnson, 10 yd pass from Adam O'Reel (kick failed), 2:30 left 2nd qtr., 6-0
NL(P) Eric Steinbach, 10 yd pass from O'Reel (pass failed), 1:26 left 2nd qtr., 12-0
MET-- Bryan Murphy, 1 yd run (run failed), 1:37 left 3rd qtr., 12-6
MET-- Jerhamie Dykes, 40 yd run (pass failed), 8:25 left 4th qtr., 12-12
NL(P)-- David Popp, 65 yd pass from O'Reel (Mike Godfrey kick) 4:30 left 4th qtr., 19-12
NL(P)-- Justin Ruggio 37 yd run (Godfrey kick) 1:34 left 4th qtr, 26-12

Time of Kickoff:7:17
Time Game Ended:9:42
Total Time Elapsed:2:25
IHSA Final Team Statistics
                                     New Lenox
                                    (Providence) Metamora
Score                                      26     12
First Downs                                10     11
 ----- Rushing                              4      6
 ----- Passing                              6      4
 ----- Penalty                              0      1
Rushing Attempts                           30     43
Yards Gained Rushing                      147    197
Yards Lost Rushing                          6     31
Net Yards Rushing                         141    166
Net Yards Passing                         155     87
 ----- Passes Attempted                    19     17
 ----- Passes Completed                    11      7
 ----- Had Intercepted                      2      1
Total Offensive Plays                      49     60
 ----- Total Net Yards                    302    253
 ----- Average Gain Per Play              6.1    4.2
Return Yards                               86     89
 ----- Fumbles: No.-Lost                  0-0    4-3
 ----- Penalties: No.-Yards              1-15   3-29
Number of Punts-Yards                   4-106  3-123
 ----- Average Per Punt                  26.5   41.0
 ----- Punt Returns: No.-Yards            1-2    1-5
 ----- Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards        4-84   5-70
Interceptions: No.-Yds.                  1-24   2-14
Fumble Returns: No.-Yds.                 3-10    0-0
Possession Time                         21:17  26:43
Sacks - Yards                            2-19    0-0

IHSA Final Individual Statistics
New Lenox (Providence)
  
Rushing                Att.  Gain.   Lost    Net     TD   Long
Justin Ruggio            23    106     -1    105      1     37
David Pope                1      0     -1     -1      0     -1
Kevin Rigsby              3      4      0      4      0      3
Mark O'Reel               3     37     -4     33      0     37
Totals                   30    147     -6    141      1     37
  
Passing                Att.-Cmp.-Int.  Yards  TD   Long  Sacks
Mark O'Reel                   19-11-2    155   3     65      0
Totals                        19-11-2    155   3     65      0
  
Pass Receiving          No.  Yards     TD   Long
David Pope                6    100      1     65
Eric Steinbach            2     13      1     10
Brandon Johnson           2     16      1     10
Kevin Rigsby              1     26      0     26
Totals                   11    155      3     65
  
Punting                 No.  Yards   Avg.   Long
Anthony Olszta            4    106   26.5     32
Totals                    4    106   26.5     32
  
Field Goals            Att.   Made   Long
  
Totals
  
  
                             Punts      Kickoffs   Intercepted
All Returns            No.-Yds.-LP   No.-Yds.-LP   No.-Yds.-LP
Brian Moody                              1-14-14
David Pope                               2-68-55
Gregg Braun                  1-2-2         1-2-2
Totals                       1-2-2       4-84-55
  
  
  
IHSA Final Individual Statistics
Metamora
  
Rushing                Att.  Gain.   Lost    Net     TD   Long
Jamie Dishroom           15     72     19     53      0     13
Semaj Allen               6     24      5     19      0     10
Jerhamie Dykes            6     49      1     48      1     40
Bryan Murphy             16     52      6     46      1     16
Totals                   43    197     31    166      2     40
  
Passing                Att.-Cmp.-Int.  Yards  TD   Long  Sacks
Jamie Dishroom                 16-6-1     79   0     27      2
Brad DeMoss                     1-1-0      8   0      8      0
Totals                         17-7-1     87   0     27      2
  
Pass Receiving          No.  Yards     TD   Long
Semaj Allen               1      4      0      4
Bryan Murphy              3     31      0     12
Jeff Seckler              3     52      0     27
Totals                    7     87      0     27
  
Punting                 No.  Yards   Avg.   Long
Brad De Moss              3    123   41.0     44
Totals                    3    123   41.0     44
  
Field Goals            Att.   Made   Long
  
Totals
  
  
                             Punts      Kickoffs   Intercepted
All Returns            No.-Yds.-LP   No.-Yds.-LP   No.-Yds.-LP
Jerhamie Dykes                           3-63-23
Joe Mischler                               1-7-7
Jamie Dishroom                             1-0-0
Brett Delinski                                         2-14-11
Semaj Allen                  1-5-5
Totals                       1-5-5       5-70-23       2-14-11

IHSA Defensive Statistics
  
New Lenox (Providence):
  
                          Solo    Assist     Total  For Loss     Sacks
Player                 Tackles   Tackles   Tackles  No.-Yds.  No.-Yds.
Nick Passolono               6         0         6     2  -3         0
Zach Domenico                5         0         5         0         0
BJ Wagner                    1         2         3         0         0
Eric Steinbach               6         3         9     1  -5    1  -10
Scott Peters                 3         0         3         0         0
Jim Joyce                    3         2         5         0         0
Anthony Olszta               5         4         9         0     1  -9
Gregg Braun                  7         1         8         0         0
Brendan Kavanaugh            3         4         7         0         0
Nick Miles                   1         0         1         0         0
Jonathan Sowonik             9         1        10         0         0
Mike Burke                   1         1         2         0         0
Ricky Olszta                 2         2         4         0         0
Tom Lenahan                  1         0         1         0         0
  
  
Metamora:
  
                          Solo    Assist     Total  For Loss     Sacks
Player                 Tackles   Tackles   Tackles  No.-Yds.  No.-Yds.
Jake Maurer                  2         4         6         0         0
Bryan Murphy                 2         0         2         0         0
David Long                   1         3         4         0         0
Jake Elbert                  6         2         8     1  -1         0
Mike Hynes                   2         2         4         0         0
Scott Cardin                10         1        11     1  -1         0
Rhett Reliford              10         2        12         0         0
Eric Keysor                  1         0         1         0         0
Semaj Allen                  2         1         3         0         0
Matt Wilkerson               2         1         3         0         0
Jared Alig                   2         1         3         0         0
Brett Delinski               3         2         5         0         0
 Notes & Quotes
Coach's Quotes and Notes

Winning Coach New Lenox (Providence) Matt Senffner:
"This group of kids is the hardest working group we have ever had. They devoted themselves to getting back here after last season's state final. Tonight they would not be denied. I am so proud of them and yet sad that I won't be at practice to work with them anymore because they are so much fun to be around."

"They took our run away from us and we knew that we had to do a nice job of passing and keep away from the interceptions. (Justin) Ruggio would not be stopped on that last run for a touchdown (37 yd td run in 4th qtr.). These kids just don't quit."

"Prior to the Bishop McNamara loss (broke 50 game win streak) we were playing not to lose and there is a difference. You are trying to protect something instead of attacking. In football, to win you have to be aggressive."




Losing Coach Pat Ryan, Metamora:
"We were concerned with the battle in the trenches and we think we more than held our own. The turnovers really hurt us but they are a part of the game. I guess a team as good as theirs you have to take care of the ball. They did and we didn 't. The catch (65 yard pass reception by Pope in 4th qtr.) was phenomenal and that was the ball game."

"In two years I have seen one of the wildest fumbles and one of the wildest catches. Give the kid (Pope) credit he stuck with it and made the play."

"Regarding the two point conversion, we felt we had the play to get in the end zone and with a sophomore kicker we wanted to take the pressure off of him and give it to the seniors. "

"The kids always play hard. Nobody backed away from anything this evening. We surely respect Providence but weren't afraid of them."


Class 4A Records Broken or Tied:
Gregg Braun tied 4A record for most fumble recoveries (2).



Overall Records Broken or Tied:

Session 2 Attendance: 10,737




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