St. Xavier in 2010 through three quarters of the first game looked like another strong Steve Specht squad. Strong, smart, athletic, and scrappy could describe many of the teams Specht has coached at his time at St. Xavier. After three quarters, the Ballaban Field scoreboard read Bombers 6 Falcons 0. Like many other GCL South fans I assumed St. Xavier would hold on and win 6-0 or lets say 13-7. Well contrary to my belief and many others this did not happen.
The day started off fantastic for the Bombers with an opening drive of 70 yards that was cappped off by a Connor Hundley 11 yard TD run. Though the extra point was missed, the Bomber team felt confident in its strong start, especially new QB Nick Albers. On the drive Albers went 3 for 3 for 54 yards. Unfortuntaley for the Bomber offense this was all the points they could muster again Good Counsel High School. The rest of the first half the Bomber defense stifled the Falcons and held them to zero points.
As the second half began one was wondering if one score for Good Counsel would be enough for them to win. Good Counsel blew two chances to take the lead with a TD called back on a penalty and a punt return nullified by a Falcon miscue. Fortunately for the Falcons their luck was about to change. From the 9:18 mark of the 4th quarter on they scored three TDs to take a commanding 21-6 lead. A 3 yard TD run along with back to back interception returns for TDs put the Bombers in an almost insurmountable hole. The final from St. Xavier was Good Counsel 21 St. Xavier 6.
St. Xavier QB Nick Albers hopefully had his worst game of his career. Albers was 10 of 31 for 108 yards and 4 INTs. Connor Hundley led the Bomber ground game with 15 carries for 60 yards and had the only Bomber TD. Next up for the Bombers is Indinapolis Cathedral Prep on September 3rd at 7:30 at St. Xavier. Good Luck Bombers!
Here are some team statistics from the game courtesy of gclsports.com
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