Flashes take down Cathedral 35-18; earn playoff spot

Friday night was a game full of rain, touchdowns, and fumbles between the St. Aloysius Flashes and the Cathedral Green Wave. The two teams went back and forth with each other all night but in the end, the Flashes were able to pull off a 35-18 victory.

By the second quarter, both teams found their way in the end zone with a score of 7-6 with the Flashes in the lead.  The Flashes defense stepped up with multiple stops including a big interception by Brennan Williams that put the Flashes in Cathedral territory. On the next play, Alvin Brown broke out for a big run in which he almost ran over the referee but was finally tackled by the Cathedral defense. Brown soon found the end zone by breaking another tackle and scoring on the run making the score 14-6 with 6:47 left in the first half.

It wouldn’t take long for Cathedral to gain a touchdown with a failed two point conversion, which made the score 14-12. Flashes could not get their offense going and were forced to punt on the next drive forcing the defense to step up once again. Cathedral’s offense attempted to run the ball but were hit hard by the Flashes for a loss of 10 yards and eventually it forced them to punt. Brown would again lead the way for another Flashes touchdown run putting the score at 21-12 a few minutes before the half. With only one minute left in the half, Ben Ulery  picked off Cathedral’s pass which Brown would score from again, making the score 28-12 at halftime.

The second half of the game consisted mostly of defense with both team constantly fumbling the ball. The teams would only find the end zone once in the second half, but big stops and hard hitting played a heavy role in the low-scoring second half.

Brown found the end zone one more time by the end of the game, which gave him five touchdowns and ended the Flashes regular season with a 5-5 record and a playoff spot.

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