Played against Belvidere in the semi's in 87. First time I had really played against an option team. Took a few quarters to figure it out.
You didn’t play against Eddie Thomas and St. Pat’s in ‘86? St. Pat’s ran some option. We (Carmel) were tied late in the game with Pat’s 3-3 in the fall of ‘86 when Eddie took one to the house on a long run. We lost 10-3 @ Hanson and that horrible turf.
Lost to Viator 3-0.
Lost to Marist (6A runner up) 19-14.
Only game to get away from us was a loss to JC (their HC game).
(3) frustrating losses in ‘86 - finished 5-4. Had to get to 6-3 to qualify, but it didn’t happen.
In the Marist game we went up 14-13 late on a naked bootleg, only to KO and see Matt Quinn return it for a TD.
The very next season (‘87) against Marist we scored first on a draw play (Donnell Foster TD) right before halftime to go up 6-0. We were hoping to take that lead to the locker room, only to see - yes - Matt Quinn - return the ensuing KO for a TD.
Went into the locker room down 7-6.
Got our asses chewed big time.
Lost 20-6.
LONG and late bus ride home.
That game against Marist was week (3), Marist’s first home game that season, their first-ever game under lights, their coaches 100th victory celebration (T. Pieterzak (sp?)), Sportvision (or Cablevision ?) HS televised game of the week, and we got there late. Traffic was horrible and so was our warm-up.
Mike Mulligan from the Score (currently) covered the game for the Trib.