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Neightbors | Submitted .Canfield Village Middle School’s Broc Lowry sprinted by Poland Bulldog defenders. Lowry made a 92 yeard touchdown during game.
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Neighbors | Submitted .Canfield Village Middle School seventh-grade quarterback Broc Lowry throws a pass against Poland. Canfield defeats Poland 26-0.
The Canfield Village Middle School seventh-graders improved to 2 and 0 on the season with a 26-0 victory over their archrival, the Poland Bulldogs, on Sept. 6 at Bob Dove Field.
Canfield struck first when quarterback Broc Lowry raced 44 yards down the left sideline on a fourth and 10 play to give the Cardinals a 6-0 lead. Poland drove deep into Cardinal territory on the next possession only to be turned back by a sack by Aiden Rogers and a key fourth down pass defense by Jeff Demarco in the waning moments of the first half.
Canfield’s defense dominated the second half as three Bulldog miscues turned into Cardinal scores. On the first series of the second half, Lowry picked off a wayward Bulldog aerial at the 30. Six plays later, tailback Ryan Schneider dashed five yards to paydirt and tight end AJ Havrilla made a spectacular grab of a Lowry aerial for the conversion to make it 14-0.
Lowry was at it again on the next series picking off a Poland pass near midfield and sprinting down to the Bulldog one yard line. Lowry snuck in from the one to make it 20-0. Poland drove inside the Cardinal red zone midway through the fourth quarter when Lowry stripped a Bulldog runner of the ball and sprinted 92 yards for the touchdown to seal the Cardinal victory.
Defensive standouts for the Cardinals included linebackers Dom Marzano, Evan Parker and Schnieder. Coach Donadee cited the stalwart play of defensive linemen Rogers, AJ Murphy, Hunter Kanotz, Havrilla, Mateo Riccardi and defensive backs Nick Smyczinski, Jack Fabry, Lowry and Demarco.