Football: Clements Field Goal with 10 Seconds Left Caps Dramatic 91-Yard Drive for Briar Woods

(Aug. 31, 2010) - Briar Woods High School freshman quarterback Trace McSorley calmly led the Falcons on one of their most dramatic drives in school history -- leading the Falcons from their own 9 into game-winning field goal position with only 2:37 to play -- to set up junior David Clements 20-yard kick with 10 seconds left that lifted Briar Woods to a 10-8 victory at Millbrook Friday.

McSorley finished the night 16 of 31 for 170 yards including a 25-yard completion to Alex Carter on the winning drive as well as an 18-yard completion to Cameron Serigne on 4th-and-10 to keep the drive alive. McSorley had to step up as senior running back Michael Brownlee was limited to just one carry on the night before exiting with an injury and his replacement, junior Ryan Bumbray went out in the second half with an injury.

Briar Woods was nursing a 7-0 lead -- junior Mark Leith scored on a 1-yard plunge in the second quarter -- when the host Pioneers went ahead in the fourth quarter on a safety on a Briar Woods holding penalty in the end zone and then a touchdown pass with just 6:08 to go.

The Falcons failed to pick up a first down, wasting a 40-yard kickoff return by Carter, and turned the ball over the Millbrook at midfield with 4:39 to go. The Falcons defense then rose to the occasion with Josh Hall and Joe Rizzardi both making big tackles. Millbrook punted and pinned Briar Woods inside its own 10 with just 157 seconds to play but that was just enough time for McSorley and company.
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