by BEREA, OHIO – A full blown shootout was expected to occur tonight at Finnie Stadium in Berea as the Olmsted Falls Bulldogs took on the Berea-Midpark Titans. Over their last two meetings the two teams combined to score 224 points. The two high powered offenses once again didn’t disappoint as the Titans defeated the Bulldogs 70-57 in yet another high scoring affair for the Bagley Cup.
Both quarterbacks had the ball moving early and often tonight. Teddy Grendzynski did it mainly with his feet for Olmsted Falls, running for 101 yards on 7 carries, scoring twice. He also ran for a two-point conversion.
Trevor Bycznski of the Titans continued his monster senior season with 375 yards in the air, on 18 of 27 passing with 5 touchdowns. The strong-armed quarterback is well on his way to shattering every school record in existence by the time he is done. His touchdown passes consisted of 56, 71, 63, 29 and 25 yards.
He didn’t do it alone however, not by a long shot, he had plenty of weapons all night who all had career games. Running backs Jabriel Williams and Bryce Agnew combined for 306 yards rushing in an incredible night. Agnew scored twice on the ground with carries of 4 and 59 yards. Agnew also scored on a dump off pass that he took to the house from 24 yards out. When Agnew starts running downhill, opposing defenses will need to gang tackle him to have any chance at bringing the beast down.
Williams was every bit as incredible tonight. Simply put, the young man could not be stopped. Williams piled up 178 yards on only 12 carries, scoring three touchdowns of 27, 34 and 64 yards. Williams was the game changer tonight, he couldn’t be tackled. When both Agnew and Williams are getting their touches, this team is nearly impossible to stop.
The big targets through the air for Bycznski were Garrett Waite with 151 yards on 7 catches. He scored twice on touchdowns of 56 and 29 yards. Dwayne Holland was also not to be denied, piling up 147 yards on 3 catches. He also scored twice, from 71 and 63 yards.
As amazing as all of that was, the biggest stat line of the night came from a player on the losing team. Jack Spellacy of Olmsted Falls had the game of his life. Spellacy finished with 400 rushing yards even and 5 rushing touchdowns of 57, 43, 5, 68 and 42 yards. He also caught a pass and took it 60 yards for a touchdown, giving him six total on the game. The Bulldogs as a team, ran for 528 yards total.
The two teams combined for over 1,000 total yards, 127 points, 19 total scores, and 18 touchdowns. A wild game for sure that had Berea-Midpark head coach Jon Hunek extremely proud of his team afterwards.
The Bulldogs stunned the Titans by converting an onside kick to start the game. Four straight runs later saw Grendzynski rumble in from four yards for the game’s opening score. The Titans wasted no time as they would score only minutes later on their opening drive. The Titan score came courtesy of a 4-yard Bryce Agnew scamper. Agnew had four carries on the drive, for a quick 23 yards. Shockingly, no more points were scored by either team for the remainder of the quarter.
The Titans used Anthony Miller as a battering ram for six straight runs the first time they touched the ball in the second quarter. It was a good way to settle down Bycznski after an early pick. The Titans couldn’t cash in with a touchdown as the drive would eventually stall. However, they did pick up 3 points on an impressive 39-yard field goal by Nick Ruggiero.
Any thoughts of a low scoring game would quickly go out the window as the rest of the quarter would become a wild shootout. Olmsted Falls would pour on the offense with 2 touchdown runs by Spellacy, one of 57 yards, and another of 43 yards. Grendzynski would have one of 63 yards as well.
As impressive as the Bulldog attack was, the Titans would answer them with an even better one. Bycznski tossed touchdowns on 3 straight passes covering nearly the entire field. The damage saw touchdown passes to Holland of 71 and 63 yards, and Waite of 56 yards. The scoring blitz also saw Williams bust off a beautiful 27-yard touchdown run.
Jabriel Williams would continue his big night in the third quarter with another long touchdown run. This time he put it in from 34 yards out. The quick strike gave the Titans their largest lead of the night at 43-28.
As it was in the first half, the Bulldogs wasted no time in answering with a score of their own. It was Jack Spellacy scoring his third touchdown of the night. This time from 4 yards out. The two-point conversation was good by Grendyznski, closing the gap to 43-36 with 1:43 left in the third quarter. The quarter would end by that same score.
The fourth quarter picked up where the third quarter left off. Bycznski threaded the needle perfectly as Garrett Waite caught his second touchdown pass of the game. This time from 25 yards to give the Titans a 50-36 lead with 10:51 left to play. The Bulldogs weren’t fazed however, and Jack Spellacy took off one play later for a 68-yard touchdown run.
This latest score, his fourth, made it 50-43 Titans following the extra point, with 10:33 still to play. Two plays later, the Titans would score on a terrific Agnew 59-yard run that saw him break no less the five tackles.
This latest score in the blitzkrieg of points made it 57-43 with 9:43 left to play. Olmsted Falls head coach Tom DeLuca would dial up Spellacy once again, this time he steamrolled for a 42-yard touchdown.
His fifth of the night to cut the lead to 57-50 with 8:36 to play. Agnew would answer, taking a dump off pass from Bycznski 24 yards to pay dirt, increasing the Titan lead back up to 64-50.
It wouldn’t last, seconds later it was Spellacy again, however this time it was through the air on a 60-yard hookup with Grendzynski. Cutting the lead to 64-57 with 6:53 left to play. Two plays later the Titans took their turn, a 64-yard touchdown rumble by Jabriel Williams. The extra point was no good, and the score rested at 70-57 with still over six minutes to go in the contest. It was a total of 7 touchdowns in under 6 minutes to begin the quarter. Remarkably, no one else would score the rest of the game.
With the loss, the Bulldogs fall to 5-2. They will look to bounce back next week as they host Midview. The Titans, also 5-2, will look to stay hot as they travel to Avon Lake to take on the top ranked Shoremen.
Player of the game – Jack Spellacy 400 yards and 6 Touchdowns
