CHESTER TOWNSHIP — The one-two punch of Pat Porter and Percey Johnson led Kenston to a key 21-14 victory in overtime over West Geauga on Friday night at Howell Field at West Geauga High School. The victory will keep the Bombers in the Division II playoff hunt, but probably ends the chances of the Wolverines of playing in the...
CHESTER TOWNSHIP — The one-two punch of Pat Porter and Percey Johnson led Kenston to a key 21-14 victory in overtime over West Geauga on Friday night at Howell Field at West Geauga High School. The victory will keep the Bombers in the Division II playoff hunt, but probably ends the chances of the Wolverines of playing in the postseason.
Kenston (7-2, 5-1 Chagrin Valley Conference Chagrin Division) got the ball first in overtime and needed just two plays to score, an 18 yard run by Johnson and a 2-yard touchdown run by Porter.
"You have a 217 pound kid (Johnson) and a 200 pound kid (Porter) and they support one another," said Kenston coach Roger Vasey. "They’re such team kids. They support each other real well."
West G (6-3, 3-3) failed to gain a yard in its four overtime plays.
Porter led Kenston with 25 rushes for 116 yards while Johnson had 12 rushes for 55 yards.
"Pat is the best football player on their team," said West G coach Lou Cirino. "Porter was who we had to stop."
The Wolverines took the lead in the third quarter when their pash rush got to Kenston quarterback Austin Zachem and forced a fumble. West G recovered on the Kenston 45.
West G’s Zak Kucera completed a 26-yard pass to Adam LaRiccia down to the Kenston 13. However, two penalties put the ball back on the 22 and the Wolverines faced a third-and-19 from the 22. That’s when Kucera lobbed a perfect pass to a wide open LaRiccia in the middle of the end zone for the 14-7 lead.
Kucera started for Joe Drenski, who missed the game with mononucleosis.
Kenston tied the game at 14-14 after taking over a short field following a muffed punt. Johnson capped the drive with a 5-yard touchdown run with 10:58 left in the game.
The Bombers got the ball to start the game. Kenston moved 70 yards in 11 run plays as Zachem scored on a 1-yard plunge for a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.
The Wolverines finally got going late in the second quarter. West G took over at its own 48 with 4:03 left in the first half. Kucera got things going when he completed a 19 yard pass to Mike VeVerka. Kucera hit Vince Ziccardi with a 6-yard touchdown pass with 33 seconds left in the half to tie the game at 7-7 at halftime.