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LAKEWOOD, OH – The St. Ed’s Eagles defeated the visiting Hudson Explorer’s tonight 38-14 to advance to the Division 1 Region 1 Championship game versus Mentor. This will be the third consecutive year they meet Mentor in that Regional Championship game.
The Eagles were led by a stellar defensive effort that saw them hold All State running back Reno Ferri to just 43 yard on 13 carries. The bulk of Hudson’s attack came from their starting quarterback Hayden Lipinski who had 73 yards rushing on 11 carries with a touchdown.
The Eagles secondary was top notch again tonight as they held Hudson to just 5 of 17 passing for 88 yards. The bulk of that coming on a screen pass that Benny Hegedish threw to Reno Ferri during a running clock with the game out of reach for 33 yards and a touchdown.
For St. Ed’s on the offensive side of things, the Eagles were led by Ronnie Neal with 121 yards and 3 touchdowns. Colin Tedesco ran for 56 yards on 13 carries while Langston Lucas poured on 36 more with 2 touchdowns. Passing was also a challenge for the Eagles however as Lucas was held to just 61 yards on 5 of 14 passing on a rainy night.
The Eagles came out firing with a no huddle offense and flew down the field with no issues at all. They went 61 plus yards in a little under 4 minutes on 9 plays to score with a 2 yard Ronnie Neal touchdown run. Just like that, the Eagles led 7-0 with 8:04 to play in the first quarter.
A Dallas Nixon 31-yard Field Goal extended the league to 10-0 with 2:04 to play in the first. The short field for the Eagles was set up by a Landon Lehmer interception, his fourth in the last two weeks.
It started pouring a rainy snow slush to start the second quarter as the Eagles were on the drive once again. The Eagles stuck to the no huddle offense and once again it worked as Colin Tedesco took six straight up the middle to move it near the goal line. A few moments later it was Ronnie Neal plowing ahead from 3 yards out to make it 17-0 with 5:16.
Evan Lentz blocked a Hudson punt that was picked up by Rowan Kelley, landing the Eagles at the 1-yard line. Langston Lucas plowed it ahead two plays later and the Eagles increased the margin to 24-0.
Hudson got on the board as the final moments of the first half ticked away to cut into the lead 24-7. Hudson received the score on a Hayden Lipinski score from 8 yards out. The Explorers needed that score badly to gain some traction before the break.
The first Eagles possession of the second half started at the Hudson 48-yard line after forcing them out on downs. It wouldn’t be much longer until Langston Lucas scored his second touchdown of the night. This extending the Eagle lead to 31-7 with 8:18 to play in the third quarter. The score remained after 36 minutes of play as we headed to the fourth quarter.
The Eagles cued up the running clock with 7:08 to go as Ronnie Neal scored his 3rd rushing touchdown of the game with 7:08 to play in the contest, making it 38-8. The Eagles went on to win 38-14.
