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Sunday,
December 1, 2002
Postgame glance: BHS-Mount
Carmel
Leading rushers: Chicago Mount Carmel - Greg Owens 21 carries,
158 yards, 3 TD; Bloomington - Eric Esch 2 carries, 17 yards.
Leading passers: Chicago Mount Carmel - Dan O'Brien 2-4, 33 yards, 1
TD; Bloomington - Andre Brown 2-11, 40 yards.
Leading receivers: Chicago Mount Carmel - Frank Lenti 1 catch, 22
yards, 1 TD. Bloomington - Brandon Hughes 1 catch, 29 yards.
Key play: Trailing 10-0 midway through the third quarter, BHS tailback
James Wade was thrown for a 4-yard loss on fourth-and-1 at the Mount
Carmel 31-yard line. Mount Carmel drove 65 yards in six plays for a
touchdown, breaking the game open.
Bloomington pluses: Senior linebacker Noah Wyatt was one tackle shy of
the record for a Class 6A championship game. Wyatt finished with 15
tackles, including one for a loss. The record of 16 was set by James
O'Connor of Loyola Academy in 1992.
Bloomington minuses: The Purple Raiders were held to 86 yards of total
offense and six first downs ... BHS was shut out for only the second time
in 16 years, a span of 185 games.
Chicago Mount Carmel pluses: Owens averaged 7.5 yards per carry and
scored on runs of 26, 35 and 26 yards ... The Caravan amassed 272 yards
on the ground and held the ball for 29 minutes, 3 seconds to
Bloomington's 18:57.
Chicago Mount Carmel minuses: Stopped three times on fourth down in
the first half, giving up the ball at the Bloomington 13, 31 and 42 yard
lines.
From Pantagraph staff
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