Football Summary: Briar Woods 49, Park View 21

(Nov. 12, 2011) - For the second straight week the Briar Woods High School football team came out of the locker room strong in the second half, scoring two touchdowns in a 27-second span early in the third quarter to turn a 7-point game into a 49-21 Region II Division 4 quarterfinal playoff win over a pesky Park View team.

While the Patriots (4-7) didn't score a touchdown on Briar Woods (10-1) in a 53-3 loss on Sept. 10, Park View put up two Alec Dombkowski to Ryan McCarter scores in the first half Friday and trailed the defending state champions just 21-14 at the break. Dombkowski, with 309 yards passing on 26 of 46, and McCarter, with 154 yards receiving on nine catches, had big nights.


Briar Woods puts things away in the third quarter with a pair of Trace McSorley to Cam Serigne touchdown throws and one of Cory Colder's three TD runs on the night.


Colder finished with 123 yards rushing on 23 carries and Alex Carter added 64 yards on just four touches including a 45-yard touchdown run on the fourth play from scrimmage in the game. Carter also had two of the Falcons three interceptions with Matt Rolin picking off the other ball.

McSorley, 23-3 lifetime as a starter, completed 16 of 23 for 187 yards. He found six different targets on the night with Serigne hauling in five balls for 63 yards.

The Falcons defense, which hadn't allowed more than 14 points in any game during the regular season, held the Patriots to minus-10 yards rushing. Park View finished with a total of 299 yards while the balanced Briar Woods attack piled up 470 yards, including 283 yards on the ground.

Briar Woods host Loudoun County, another Dulles District foe, Friday in the regional semifinals.

Briar Woods 49, Park View 21
Park View      0   14    7   0 - 21
Briar Woods 14    7   21  7  - 49

Briar Woods 1 10:38 Carter 45 yd run (Clements kick) 0 7
Briar Woods 1 4:27 Colder 3 yd run (Clements kick) 0 14
Park View 2 10:10 Dombkowski 30 yd pass to McCarter (Avila kick) 7 14
Briar Woods 2 6:13 Logan 32 yd run (Clements kick) 7 21
Park View 2 2:09 Dombkowski 13 yd pass to McCarter (Avila kick) 14 21
Briar Woods 3 9:32 McSorley 36 yd pass to 4 Serigne (Clements kick) 14 28
Briar Woods 3 9:05 Colder 5 yd run (Clements kick) 14 35
Briar Woods 3 3:22 McSorley 4 yd pass to Serigne (Clements kick) 14 42
Park View 3 0:32 Dombkowski 5 yd pass to Absher (Avila kick) 21 42
Briar Woods 4 10:31 Colder 6 yd run (Clements kick) 21 49

Rushing
PV: Brooks 7-17, Wooten 1-1 Dombkowski 3-(-28). Totals 11- (-10).
BW: Colder 23-123, Carter4-64, Logan 2-48, Cashman 4-29, Larco 4-10, Ford 4-6, Stanga 1-4, Brown 1-0, McSorley 6-(-1). Totals 49-283

Passing
PV: Dombkowski 26-46-3 309.
BW: McSorley 16-23-0 187.

Receiving
PV: McCarter 9-154, McManus 8-55, Absher 7-89, Brooks 2-11.
BW: Serigne 5-63, Ramos 4-46, Carter 3-31, Hill 2-9, Gadsden 1-40, Colder 1-(-2).