The Green Bay Blizzard (3-1) had two full weeks to prepare for
Saturday night's road matchup with the Omaha Beef (2-2) and every minute
of that preparation proved necessary as they escaped from the Omaha
Civic Auditorium with a 42-37 victory.
The two teams were evenly matched all night with the largest lead for
either team being Green Bay's nine point lead early in the second
quarter. Trailing by one point with 36 seconds remaining, Donovan
Porterie unleashed a pass from midfield that landed in the sure hands of
a leaping Bryan Pray right before he flipped over the boards in the
back of the end zone to provide the winning margin. Still, the Blizzard
couldn't celebrate until 24 seconds later when defensive lineman James
McClinton sacked Beef quarterback James McNear on second down and the
clock expired.
Omaha drew first blood when Tory Harrison weaved his way through the
Blizzard defense for an 11 yard touchdown run on the Beef's first
possession. Green Bay's offense answered immediately with a Desmond
Tardy touchdown reception from 34 yards out, but Adrian Trevino's extra
point was batted away. McNear responded to that score with a touchdown
strike of his own to Leroy Banks to grab a 14-6 lead for the Beef. The
scoring in the opening quarter ended on a 20 yard field goal by Trevino
to draw the Blizzard within five.
On the first play of the second quarter Blizzard defensive back Mike
Turner picked off a McNear pass in the end zone, leading directly to the
second Porterie to Tardy TD connection of 30+ yards on the night and
the first Green Bay lead at 16-14. Tardy finished with 4 catches for 68
yards and the two scores. Later in the quarter, Porterie had a pass
intercepted in the end zone by Diezeas Calbert, but on the ensuing Omaha
possession B.J. Hill returned the favor with his fifth pick of the
season. Green Bay capitalized on the turnover again as Porterie snuck
across the goal line himself from one yard out to grab a 23-14 lead.
McNear hit Banks again for a short touchdown pass, but the Blizzard
struck last in the half as Trevino drilled a 47 yard field goal with
time running out to take a 26-20 lead to the break.
The third quarter was dominated by both defenses with the only scoring coming on a McNear touchdown run of five yards.
The final quarter proved much more kind to the offenses. Porterie
found popular target Scott Burnoski on a short two yard score to regain a
33-27 advantage. Omaha kicker Paul Stoltz then traded field goals with
Trevino before James McNear scored again on the ground from 11 yards
out to give Omaha a slim 37-36 lead with 41 seconds to go. Stoltz
finished 1 of 3 on field goals for the game. A kick return to midfield
by Tardy set the stage for the aforementioned heroics of Pray and
McClinton as the Blizzard secured win number three on the season.
Linebacker Trevor Glomski led the defense with seven tackles and
filled in admirably for Greg Jackson who did not play in the game.
Green Bay has another bye week before traveling to Cedar Rapids on
April 7th to take on the Titans in a rematch of their 64-12 victory in
the home opener two weeks ago.
Listen live on my790am or www.my790am.com Saturday April 21 2012.
Tory Harrison, Leesburg High School
senior linebacker Jordan Tucker, Florida State University and NFL player
Greg Johnson (Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Colts, Tampa Bay
Buccaneers), and, Wayne Hamilton (former Leesburg High School,
University of Alabama, San Diego Chargers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Football Standout) will be the featured guests along with the show host
Billy Matthews (The Voice Of The Leesburg Yellow Jackets), Sonny Bronson
(Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Host), Allison Crawford (Belton Bail
Bonds Scoreboard Show Co-host) and Gerald Lacey (Carver Heights
Quarterback Club Staff Writer).
Here is a short list of some of Harrison's accomplishments:
-2012 Omaha Beef (Indoor Football League)
-2007 University of Southern Mississippi Signee
-Varsity Basketball Letters 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
-Varsity Football Letters 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
READ MORE CLICK BELOWHere is a short list of some of Harrison's accomplishments:
-2012 Omaha Beef (Indoor Football League)
-2007 University of Southern Mississippi Signee
-Varsity Basketball Letters 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
-Varsity Football Letters 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
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| Gerald Lacey (Carver Heights Quarterback Club Staff Writer), Allison Crawford (Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Co-host), Sonny Bronson (Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Host), Lake County Sports Show Host Billy Matthews (The Voice Of The Leesburg Yellow Jackets). |
Tory Harrison On The Lake County Sports Show
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| Former Leesburg High School Standout #11 Tory Harrison at the University of Southern Mississippi. |
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