Albion, Mich. - Albion Football picks up their first win 24-21 over the Scots on Halloween. The Brits will return to the field on Saturday November 7th when they host the Bulldogs of Adrian a 1PM for Military Appreciation Day.
Ian Deromedi went 19-for-30 for 230 yards and two touchdowns.
Alex Trudell rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown.
Sherron Sutton had two receptions for 71 yards and a touchdown, with
Braden Fracassi adding three catches for 58 yards.
Connor Davey led the team with five receptions for 46 yards. On the defensive side
Michael Plater recorded 11 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and half a sack.
Dewayne Williams had 3 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.
Desean Jenkins has a interception returned for 28 yards and
Caleb Vaughn had the game sealing interception.
Kamron Jones recorded the lone pass break up in the end zone and
Kyrie Williams had the lone QB hurry for the Brits.
Quarter 1 | Albion 10 Alma 7
Albion would start the game with the ball. The Brits would start their drive with a seven yard completion to Trudell. The Brits would continue to drive thanks to a 34 yard catch and run by
Braden Fracassi to get the Brits to the Scots 22 yard line. On the next play, Deromedi would find
Jaylan Johnson for a 22 yard touchdown to take an early 7-0 lead. They would take just six plays to go 79 yards and take 2:57 off the clock. The Scots would look to respond with their drive starting on their own 32 yard line. The Scots would start to get a drive going when Jenkins would intercept the Scots at the Albion 40 yard line and return the ball back to the Scots 32 yard line. Following the interception the Brits would look to go up by another touchdown, however the Scots defense would tighten up and would force the Brits to make a decision on 4th and 6 from the Alma 38. They would decided to try the 45 yard field goal and
Spencer Berkeypile would put it through dead center, to give the Brits a 10-0 lead with 7:35 remaining in the opening quarter. The Scots would look to respond, however the Brits would allow them just one first down before they would force the Scots to punt. The Brits would look to keep their offense going, however the Scots defense would give just seven yards before they would force
Chris Bowman on for the first Brit punt of the day. The Scots would respond going 57 yards in seven plays and 2 minutes and 58 seconds to score an 11 yard touchdown to cut the Brits lead to 10-7. With just 38 seconds left in the first, the Brits would run two more plays for just two yards.
Quarter 2 | Albion 7 Alma 14
At the start of the second quarter the Brits would be backed behind the sticks and face a 2nd and 13. Trudell would get four yards to make it third and long. Looking to pick up the first down the Brits would drop back to throw the ball, however the Scots would intercept the ball and return it for a touchdown to take a 14-10 lead. Having given up a touchdown, the Brits were determined to regain the lead. Deromedi would find Sutton just three plays into the drive for a 70 yard touchdown to regain the lead 17-14. The Brits defense would respond with forcing the Scots to punt after just three plays to give their offense a chance to grow their lead. The Brits would start at their own 46 and would have 10:43 to work with to grow their lead. The Brits would move the ball, converting a 4th and 1, however penalties would back the Brits up and the Scots defense would give just a few yards and force the Brits to punt the ball with 5:00 left in the first half. The Scots would go 93 yards in seven plays, aided by penalties on the Brits to retake the lead 21-17 with 2:48 left in the half. The Brits would look to regain the lead, however the Scots defense would hold to help their team hold the lead. The Scots would get the ball back with 1:44 left to play, however the Brits defense would give up just one first down before they would force the Scots to punt with 31 seconds left. The Brits would be backed up deep in their own territory and would get just seven yards and be forced to punt the ball with six seconds remaining. The Scots would run just one play before time would expire and the Brits would head into the half down 21-17.
Quarter 3 | Albion 0 Alma 0
The Scots would get the ball to start the second half and they would return the kickoff for 86 yards to set their offense up on the Albion nine yard line. The Brits defense would come up big and Williams would get home for a 10 yard sack to push the Scots back to the Albion 19. The Scots would look to grow their lead with a 36 yard field goal, however, the kick would be no good and the score would remain 21-17 with 12:51 left to play in the 3rd. The Brits would look to respond and get their offense going again, however on the third play of the half the Scots would intercept the Brits to give their offense the ball at the Albion 31 yard line. The Scots would get the ball down the the Albion two yard line, however the Brits defense would come in strong and would hold them and force a turnover on downs thanks to a defensive line stand and a pass break up by Jones. The Brits would take over on their own one yard line and would have 7:05 left to play in the third to try and regain the lead. The Brits would put together a drive that would go 39 yards in 10 plays to bring the third quarter to a close.
Quarter 4 | Albion 7 Alma 0
The Brits would look to continue their drive and would get to the Alma 27 yard line before the Scots would pick off the Brits for the third time. The Scots would look to capitalize, however the Briton defense would continue to hold strong and would force a three and out. The Brits would slowly be running out of time to come back and win the game as they would look to start another drive, however they would go for it on 4th and 3 from the Alma 38 and would come up short and turn the ball over on downs with 9:14 left to play. With the Scots having the lead they would look to use the clock and pick up another victory, however the Briton defense continued to prove difficult to crack and after just six plays would be force to punt with 6:37 left to play. The Brits would take over at their own 20 yard line and would need a touchdown to secure their first victory of the season. The Brits would get seven yards in their first two plays to Trudell before they would face a 3rd and 3. The Brits would drop back and Deromedi would find
Connor Davey for 14 yards to move the Brits to their own 41 yard line with a fresh set of downs. Davey would pick up another third down conversion with a seven yard catch to bring the ball to midfield. Back-to-Back seven yard plays by Trudell and
Chase Thomas would set the Brits up at he Alma 35 yard line. Trudell would rush back to back to gain 12 yards and set the Brits up with a 1st down at the Alma 32 as the two minute timeout was upon them. Coming out of the timeout, Trudell would rush for nine yards and an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty would bring the Brits to the Alma 29 yard line. Deromedi would look to Fracassi in the end zone, however offense pass interference would back the Brits up to the Alma 39 and they would face a 2nd and 26. Deromedi would go right back to Fracassi finding him for a 22 yard catch and run to bring the Brits to the ALma 17 and facing a 3rd and 4 with 1:15 left to play. Deromedi would go back to Davey who would catch a 15 yard pass to set the Brits up at the two yard line. Trudell would look to punch it in, but would be back up two yards to the four. The Brits would try the same thing again and Trudell would get back to the original line of scrimmage at the two yard line. For a third time, Trudell would look to find the end zone and would get to the one yard line. With 10 seconds on the clock, Trudell would line up in wildcat and take the snap and find the end zone to give the Brits a 24-21 lead with seven seconds remaining. Alma would have just seven seconds to score a touchdown. The Scots would complete a 13 yard pass to the sideline to get the Scots to their own 48 with four seconds remaining. With the game on the line the Scots would drop back and look for the end zone. They would throw it, however Vaughn would come up with the interception and would end the game 24-21 and give the Brits their first victory of the season.
News and Notes:
- The Brits had a season high 44 rushing attempts
- They had a season high 93 tackles
- They tie their season high of 24 points
- Alex Trudell had a team high 29 rushing attempts
- He had a season high four receptions
- Ian Deromedi had a team high 19 completions
- He also had a team high 230 yards
- He also ties his season high of two passing touchdowns
- Braden Fracassi had a season high 58 yards receiving
- Jaylan Johnson recorded his second straight game with a touchdown
- Connor Davey had a season high five receptions for 46 yards
- Michael Plater recorded a season high 11 tackles
- Dewayne Williams had a season high 2.5 sacks
- Caleb Vaughn had his second straight game with an interception
- Desean Jenkins had his first interception of the season
Up Next:
The Brits will return to the field on Saturday November 7th as they host Adrian at 1PM for Military Appreciation Day.
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