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Brother Rice wins it in overtime
Updated: September 3, 2011 12:02AM
Forty-eight minutes weren’t enough to determine a winner in the Pulaski Road Super Bowl on Friday night between Brother Rice and Marist. This one needed a little extra time.
Andrew Walker’s two-yard burst in the extra session lifted Brother Rice to a 34-31 victory in Mount Greenwood.
It marks the fourth straight time the Crusaders (2-0) have defeated their RedHawks (1-1). Rice owns a 17-15 edge in the all-time series.
“I told [Marist coach] Pat [Dunne], ‘You’ll never experience anything as a coach like Rice and Marist.’ It sure lived up to the billing,” Brother Rice coach Steve Nye said.
Marist had the first possession in overtime and settled for a 31-yard field goal by Tom O’Neill for a 31-28 lead.
Marist trailed 14-7 at halftime but erupted for three unanswered touchdowns in the third quarter and led 28-14 entering the fourth.
Ryan Meyer scored two of those touchdowns, one coming on a momentum-altering 55-yard interception return that tied the game and the other on a one-yard run that gave the RedHawks a 21-14 advantage.
That score was set up by some razzle dazzle, with Ryan Carroll taking a pitch from John McKevitt and hitting Meyer with a 24-yard pass to the Rice 1-yard line.
The RedHawks extended their lead to 28-14 with 3:53 left in the third when Peter Andreotti blasted in from four yards out.
Rice, however, scored twice in the fourth to force overtime. Andrew Walker’s 15-yard run cut the deficit to 28-21, and Martez Walker (16 carries, 185 yards) dashed in from 11 yards out with 5:15 remaining in regulation.
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