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High School Football Posted on Fri, Oct. 05, 2007 10:15 PMreprint or license print email Digg it del.icio.us AIM
Blue Valley North bounces Bishop Miege
By DEAN BACKES
Special to The Star
Blue Valley North coach Jason Jones had a lot of confidence in his offensive line and running back Jake Tanenbaum in Friday’s 27-7 homecoming win over Bishop Miege at the Blue Valley Activities Complex.
Jones displayed his faith in the fourth quarter. With his team ahead 14-7 and facing fourth and 2 from its 29 with 5 minutes left, Jones made the call.
“He just told us we were going for it and we didn’t question it,” an ecstatic Tanenbaum said. “We just went out there, and it paid off.”
Tanenbaum, who ran for 211 yards in 40 carries, forged ahead for 3 yards and got the first down. On the next play he cut back to the middle of the field and raced 68 yards untouched to the end zone, putting his team up 21-7 with 4:23 left in the game.
“My line and my fullback did a great job blocking to the outside, and I saw the cutback,” Tanenbaum said of the momentum-boosting play. “I made sure I held on to the ball and ran as fast as I could.”
Tanenbaum, who scored all four Mustang touchdowns, put the finishing touches on the Stags on Blue Valley North’s next possession. After a Stag fake punt, which came up short at the Miege 31, Tanenbaum ran the ball four times for all 31 yards.
The touchdown came on a 15-yard scamper with 2:05 left. The Stags opened the scoring in the second quarter by going on a 14-play, 98-yard drive that ate up 6 minutes.
Miege quarterback Brett McConniff hit Alex Cecena with a strike that covered the final 4 yards of the drive with just more than 10 minutes left in the second quarter.
The Mustangs tried to answer on their next possession by going on an 18-play drive. But the bid came up short when Miege’s Joseph Schultz intercepted a Matthew Reed pass at the Stag 5 with 51 seconds left in the half.
The Mustangs tied the score at 7-7 on their opening drive of the second half.
Tanenbaum ran the ball five straight times, moving the ball from Blue Valley North’s 45 to the Stag 37. Then Reed hit Chris Johnson down the left sideline for a 32-yard gain to the Stag 5.
Two plays later, Tanenbaum scored from 3 yards away.
