NICK YEAGER (20) of Madison tries to find a hole as teammate Chris Wharram blocks Isaiah Charlton of Chardon on Friday night at Madison. WARREN DILLAWAY / Star Beacon
Madison mauls Chardon
Blue Streaks put it on the line in whipping Hilltoppers
KARL PEARSON Star Beacon
Chardon coach Jim DiPofi applauded the Blue Streaks’ play up front in particular.
“They went through our line like it was Swiss cheese,” he said. “Yeager’s a good running back and they have a good line.”
He also said the Hilltoppers made their share of mistakes.
“I didn’t think we played particularly well,” DiPofi said. “But give Madison credit.”
Madison scored on its third possession, traveling 58 yards in four plays to a five-yard scoring run by Mitch Krotz. But Chardon got things going in the second quarter, driving from its 20 to the Madison 18.
But the Hilltoppers were forced into a fourth-and-two situation and pushed themselves back more with an illegal procedure penalty. Woods deflected a Chad Davis pass to give the ball back to Madison.
On its ensuing possession, Madison appeared to turn the ball over on an interception, but a delayed interference call gave the Blue Streaks a first down and allowed them to continue a drive to Eric Gavorski’s 36-yard field goal.
After that, the Madison running game really took over. The Blue Streaks drove 53 yards in eight plays to Yeager’s first score, a one-yard plunge. He kept the score at 17-0 at halftime by intercepting a Davis pass.
“After we went up 17-0, we just tried to keep running the ball and running out the clock,” Willis said.
Yeager did much of that, scoring again on another one-yard run in the third quarter, ran in from 13 yards out on the second play of the fourth quarter and closed out the scoring on a six-yard run with 2:18 left after the Blue Streaks pulled off a 40-yard fake punt pass from Krotz to Paul Gain.
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