Football: Briar Woods Clinches a Share of First Dulles District Title with 24-10 Win Over Park View

Ashburn (Oct. 24, 2010) - Briar Woods High School quarterback Trace McSorley threw two touchdown passes in a two-minute span at the end of the third quarter Friday to lead the Falcons to a 24-10 win over Park View and clinch at least a share of the school's first ever AA Dulles District football title.

The Falcons (7-2 overall, 5-0 in district) can clinch the title by themselves in two weeks when they travel to Dominion to finish the regular-season after a bye next week. The Patriots fall to 3-5 and 2-2.

Briar Woods led just 10-3 at the half on a Michael Brownlee 3-yard TD run -- his first score of the year after missing most of the season because of an injury on the first play in the first game -- and David Clements 36-yard field goal. The Patriots got on the board in the final minute of the half on Wilfredo Avila's 26-yard field goal.

The upset-minded Patriots then tied the contest, 10-10, midway through the third quarter when Ryan McCarter caught a 29-yard TD pass from Alec Dombkowski.

After the two teams traded punts, McSorley hooked up with Scott Rolin on a 57-yard TD pass to put the Falcons up, 17-10, wi5th 2:10 left in the third quarter. A Justin Baker sack on third down pinned Park View back on their own 14 on the next series and after a punt, McSorley found Alex Carter for a 52-yard score that sealed the victory.

The Patriots moved to the Falcon 11 late in the fourth quarter but the BWoods defense forced four straight incomplete passes to take over on downs with just under four minutes to play. The Patriots once again drove inside the Red Zone, this time to the 14 with just over a minute to go but DeVontae O'Bannion's interception ended the threat.

McSorley is on pace to throw for 6,000-plus yards in his career as he has 1,478 yards in his first eight varsity games as a freshman on 116 of 203 passing with 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Carter, Rolin and Cameron Serigne have combined for 96 receptions and 1,278 yards on the season.

Briar Woods 24, Park View 10
Park View     0 3   7  0  --10
Briar Woods 7 3 14  0 --24

Scoring summary Qtr Time Scoring play PV BW
Briar Woods 1 2:57 #25 Michael Brownlee 3 yd run (#6 David Clements kick)
Briar Woods 2 8:37 #6 David Clements 36 yd FG
Park View 2 0:56 #34 Wilfredo Avila 26 yd FG
Park View 3 5:51 #5 Alec Dombkowski 29 yd pass to #6 Ryan McCarter (#34 Wilfredo Avila kick)
Briar Woods 3 2:10 #7 Trace McSorley 57 yd pass to #5 Scott Rolin (#6 David Clements kick)
Briar Woods 3 0:02 #7 Trace McSorley 52 yd pass to #2 Alex Carter (#6 David Clements kick)



Team stats Park View Briar Woods
First downs 10                   9
Rushing yardage 25          142
Pass completions - attempts 10-35    6-17
Passing yardage 125           147
Pass touchdowns - interceptions 1-1      2-0
Total plays 69           53
Total offense 150             289
Fumbles - lost 1-0          2-2
Penalties - yards 3-20          9-60
Defensive sacks - yards lost 1-4           3-26
Time of possession 28:06        19:54
3rd down efficiency 4 for 19    3 for 13
4th down efficiency 1 for 3      0 for 0
Punts - average 10-39.4       9-27.2

Park View
Rushing
Name                         Att Yds Avg Lng TD
#23 Avron Holland      6    13    2.2   9  0
#3 Roger Smith         14      9    0.6   8  0
#1 Joseph Jackson       8     5    0.6 11  0
#5 Alec Dombkowski 5     1     0.2  8   0
Total:                        34 25       0.7  11 0

Briar Woods
Rushing
Name                             Att  Yds  Avg  Lng  TD
#25 Michael Brownlee    15   52     3.5  16    1
#32 JT Logan                   9   47     5.2  12    0
#7 Trace McSorley          7   33     4.7  19   0
#10 Mark Leith               3    11      3.7  7     0
#1 Ryan Bumbray             1  -1     -1.0  0   0
Total:                              36 142     3.9  19   1

Passing
Park View
Name Cmp Att Yds TD Int
#5 Alec Dombkowski 9 25 113 1 1
#1 Joseph Jackson 1 8 12 0 0
Total: 10 35 125 1 1

Passing
Briar Woods
Name Cmp Att Yds TD Int
#7 Trace McSorley 6 17 147 2 0

Receiving
Park View
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
#6 Ryan McCarter 4 50 12.5 29 1
#4 Dante Absher 2 12 6.0 8 0
#3 Roger Smith 1 27 27.0 27 0
#12 Ben Pick 1 13 13.0 13 0
#21 Jonathan Wooten 1 12 12.0 12 0
#1 Joseph Jackson 1 11 11.0 11 0
Total: 10 125 12.5 29 1

Receiving
Briar Woods
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TD
#2 Alex Carter 2 85 42.5 52 1
#5 Scott Rolin 1 57 57.0 57 1
#4 Cameron Serigne 1 6 6.0 6 0
#8 Jamal Hill 1 4 4.0 4 0
#7 Trace McSorley 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
Total: 6 147 24.5 57 2