Concord Tops Tigers In NLC Finale
Jensen, Mevin put names beside school records in 45-38 loss
October 15, 2016 at 6:29 a.m.
Concord Tops Tigers In NLC Finale
By Dale [email protected]
In the rivalry’s 53rd meeting, with each team having won 26 times previously, Concord scored the game-winning touchdown with 1:21 remaining and left Fisher Field with a 45-38 victory on a beautiful fall evening.
Prior to Dominick De Broka’s 20-yard scoring scamper, the Tigers and Minutemen swapped the lead six times and were tied 38-38 with 10:12 to play after Warsaw senior Andrew Mevis kicked a 51-yard field goal.
Mevis’ field goal, which had plenty of distance, tied a school record set by former University of Cincinnati and NFL kicker Jake Rogers, who kicked a 51-yarder at Concord in 2005.
Mevis barely missed on a 54-yard attempt Friday night that would have given the Tigers a 41-38 lead.
“We obviously had some injuries going in, and they had a great gameplan,” Warsaw coach Phil Jensen said of the Minutemen. “They’re a good football team. They’ve got some athletes, they’ve got some weapons. We had trouble defensively, obviously stopping them, and the fake punt was huge. That was just a breakdown on special teams. We were gonna go for a block, and the guy was just wide open. That was a killer.
“I probably panicked at the end. I don’t know how good my play calling was at the end ... when the game was still tied. We had been moving the ball, and had been getting chunks (of yards), so we kept doing what we were doing.
“I love our kids. They played hard, they kept playing, they didn’t quit on each other, and it didn’t look like they quit on the coaches.”
With the Tigers leading 35-31 in the middle of the third quarter, Concord faced a 4th-and-8 situation and came out of it with the lead after Damien Jackson tossed a 55-yard touchdown to De Broka on a fake punt.
That play was just one of many highlight reel plays by the two teams, as Concord and Warsaw combined for 41 first downs and 881 yards of offense.
Concord quarterback Jack Lietzan completed 10 of 17 passes for 137 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, both of which went into the arms of Warsaw’s Zach Riley.
Lietzan also did quite a bit of damage on the ground, tucking the ball 20 times for 134 yards and a score.
“He was just running that little counter play. He isn’t very big, but he runs like a load,” Jensen said of the 5-foot-11, 170-pound Lietzan. “He’s a good football player.”
De Broka finished the game with 21 carries for 115 yards and two scores.
Cedric Mitchell caught three passes in the win for 79 yards and two touchdowns.
The Tigers were without the services of defensive standouts Lane McClone (shoulder injury) and AJ Villarreal (rib injury).
The injury concern is now centered around senior quarterback Michael Jensen, who injured his left elbow on the Tigers’ last offensive play.
Facing 4th-and-9 with under a minute remaining, Jensen scrambled to keep the play alive. On a desperation toss that was intercepted, Jensen was hit hard and stayed face down on the turf.
When he got back to his feet, he walked off the field and let his arm just hang straight down.
“I don’t know,” Phil Jensen said when asked about his son. “It was left his elbow. He got hit from behind trying to do something, and he came down on it I guess. We’ll see what Kriz (Dr. Tom Krizmanich) says. That’s Kriz’s department.”
The younger Jensen put on quite a show Friday night, tossing touchdown passes of 55, 42, 35 and 49 yards.
Twin brothers Devin and D’Andre Street, Tristan Larsh and Jeremy David all caught well-thrown passes in stride en route to the endzone.
Michael Jensen also ran for an 8-yard score.
In all, he passed for 257 yards, and his four touchdown tosses pushed his season total to 23.
The previous school record for touchdown passes in a season was 19, set by Greg Seiss in 1999.
D’Andre Street’s 42-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter pushed his season total to 12, leaving him one short of tying Steve Sittler’s school record from 1973.
Will McGarvey led Warsaw’s ground game with 18 carries for 163 yards and is just 10 yards shy of the 1,000-yard plateau this season.
The Tigers, now 5-4 overall and 4-3 in the NLC, are off until the Class 6A playoffs start on Oct. 28. Warsaw hosts Carroll in the tournament opener.
“The good thing is we got a bye, we got a bye this week,” said Phil Jensen. “And hopefully we can gather ourselves.”
Concord improved to 6-3 and 5-2. The Minutemen are off until Oct. 28 when they open Class 5A sectional action against defending state champion Fort Wayne Snider, who takes a 9-0 record and No. 1 ranking into tournament play.
CONCORD 45, WARSAW 38
Con 10 13 15 7 — 45
War 7 14 14 3 — 38
Con War
1st downs 22 19
Rushing yds 278 154
Passing yds 192 257
Comp-Att-Int 11-18-2 12-22-2
Total yds 470 411
Fumbles/lost 1/0 1/1
Penalties/yds 4/30 1/10
First Quarter
Con – Josh Gorball 46 field goal 3-0, 7:17
War – Michael Jensen 55 pass to Devin Street (Andrew Mevis kick) 7-3, 5:54
Con – Jack Lietzan 5 run (Gorball kick) 10-7, :42
Second Quarter
Con – Dominick De Broka 12 run (Gorball kick) 17-7, 11:05
War – Jensen 42 pass to D’Andre Street (Mevis kick) 17-14, 9:02
Con – Lietzan 21 pass to Cedric Mitchell (kick failed) 23-14, 4:37
War – Jensen 35 pass to Tristan Larsh (Mevis kick) 23-21, :44
Third Quarter
War – Jensen 8 run (Mevis kick) 28-23, 10:46
Con – Lietzan 54 pass to Mitchell (Lietzan conversion pass to Nate Mayberry) 31-28, 10:22
War – Jensen 49 pass to Jeremy David (Mevis kick) 35-31, 9:26
Con – Damien Jackson 55 pass to De Broka (Gorball kick) 38-35, 6:15
Fourth Quarter
War – Mevis 51 field goal 38-38, 10:12
Con – De Broka 20 run (Gorball kick) 45-38, 1:21
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — Concord, Lietzan 20-134, De Broka 21-115, Anthony Kyle 3-29; Warsaw, Will McGarvey 18-163, Jensen 14-(-9)
Passing — Concord, Lietzan 10-17-32, 2 TDs, 2 INTs, Jackson 1-1-55, 1 TD; Warsaw, Jensen 12-22-257, 4 TDs, 2 INTs
Receiving — Concord, Mitchell 3-79, Jackson 3-38, Mayberry 2-6, De Broka 1-55, Brady Reed 1-13; Warsaw, David 5-98, D’Andre Street 3-48, Devin Street 2-65, Larsh 2-46
In the rivalry’s 53rd meeting, with each team having won 26 times previously, Concord scored the game-winning touchdown with 1:21 remaining and left Fisher Field with a 45-38 victory on a beautiful fall evening.
Prior to Dominick De Broka’s 20-yard scoring scamper, the Tigers and Minutemen swapped the lead six times and were tied 38-38 with 10:12 to play after Warsaw senior Andrew Mevis kicked a 51-yard field goal.
Mevis’ field goal, which had plenty of distance, tied a school record set by former University of Cincinnati and NFL kicker Jake Rogers, who kicked a 51-yarder at Concord in 2005.
Mevis barely missed on a 54-yard attempt Friday night that would have given the Tigers a 41-38 lead.
“We obviously had some injuries going in, and they had a great gameplan,” Warsaw coach Phil Jensen said of the Minutemen. “They’re a good football team. They’ve got some athletes, they’ve got some weapons. We had trouble defensively, obviously stopping them, and the fake punt was huge. That was just a breakdown on special teams. We were gonna go for a block, and the guy was just wide open. That was a killer.
“I probably panicked at the end. I don’t know how good my play calling was at the end ... when the game was still tied. We had been moving the ball, and had been getting chunks (of yards), so we kept doing what we were doing.
“I love our kids. They played hard, they kept playing, they didn’t quit on each other, and it didn’t look like they quit on the coaches.”
With the Tigers leading 35-31 in the middle of the third quarter, Concord faced a 4th-and-8 situation and came out of it with the lead after Damien Jackson tossed a 55-yard touchdown to De Broka on a fake punt.
That play was just one of many highlight reel plays by the two teams, as Concord and Warsaw combined for 41 first downs and 881 yards of offense.
Concord quarterback Jack Lietzan completed 10 of 17 passes for 137 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, both of which went into the arms of Warsaw’s Zach Riley.
Lietzan also did quite a bit of damage on the ground, tucking the ball 20 times for 134 yards and a score.
“He was just running that little counter play. He isn’t very big, but he runs like a load,” Jensen said of the 5-foot-11, 170-pound Lietzan. “He’s a good football player.”
De Broka finished the game with 21 carries for 115 yards and two scores.
Cedric Mitchell caught three passes in the win for 79 yards and two touchdowns.
The Tigers were without the services of defensive standouts Lane McClone (shoulder injury) and AJ Villarreal (rib injury).
The injury concern is now centered around senior quarterback Michael Jensen, who injured his left elbow on the Tigers’ last offensive play.
Facing 4th-and-9 with under a minute remaining, Jensen scrambled to keep the play alive. On a desperation toss that was intercepted, Jensen was hit hard and stayed face down on the turf.
When he got back to his feet, he walked off the field and let his arm just hang straight down.
“I don’t know,” Phil Jensen said when asked about his son. “It was left his elbow. He got hit from behind trying to do something, and he came down on it I guess. We’ll see what Kriz (Dr. Tom Krizmanich) says. That’s Kriz’s department.”
The younger Jensen put on quite a show Friday night, tossing touchdown passes of 55, 42, 35 and 49 yards.
Twin brothers Devin and D’Andre Street, Tristan Larsh and Jeremy David all caught well-thrown passes in stride en route to the endzone.
Michael Jensen also ran for an 8-yard score.
In all, he passed for 257 yards, and his four touchdown tosses pushed his season total to 23.
The previous school record for touchdown passes in a season was 19, set by Greg Seiss in 1999.
D’Andre Street’s 42-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter pushed his season total to 12, leaving him one short of tying Steve Sittler’s school record from 1973.
Will McGarvey led Warsaw’s ground game with 18 carries for 163 yards and is just 10 yards shy of the 1,000-yard plateau this season.
The Tigers, now 5-4 overall and 4-3 in the NLC, are off until the Class 6A playoffs start on Oct. 28. Warsaw hosts Carroll in the tournament opener.
“The good thing is we got a bye, we got a bye this week,” said Phil Jensen. “And hopefully we can gather ourselves.”
Concord improved to 6-3 and 5-2. The Minutemen are off until Oct. 28 when they open Class 5A sectional action against defending state champion Fort Wayne Snider, who takes a 9-0 record and No. 1 ranking into tournament play.
CONCORD 45, WARSAW 38
Con 10 13 15 7 — 45
War 7 14 14 3 — 38
Con War
1st downs 22 19
Rushing yds 278 154
Passing yds 192 257
Comp-Att-Int 11-18-2 12-22-2
Total yds 470 411
Fumbles/lost 1/0 1/1
Penalties/yds 4/30 1/10
First Quarter
Con – Josh Gorball 46 field goal 3-0, 7:17
War – Michael Jensen 55 pass to Devin Street (Andrew Mevis kick) 7-3, 5:54
Con – Jack Lietzan 5 run (Gorball kick) 10-7, :42
Second Quarter
Con – Dominick De Broka 12 run (Gorball kick) 17-7, 11:05
War – Jensen 42 pass to D’Andre Street (Mevis kick) 17-14, 9:02
Con – Lietzan 21 pass to Cedric Mitchell (kick failed) 23-14, 4:37
War – Jensen 35 pass to Tristan Larsh (Mevis kick) 23-21, :44
Third Quarter
War – Jensen 8 run (Mevis kick) 28-23, 10:46
Con – Lietzan 54 pass to Mitchell (Lietzan conversion pass to Nate Mayberry) 31-28, 10:22
War – Jensen 49 pass to Jeremy David (Mevis kick) 35-31, 9:26
Con – Damien Jackson 55 pass to De Broka (Gorball kick) 38-35, 6:15
Fourth Quarter
War – Mevis 51 field goal 38-38, 10:12
Con – De Broka 20 run (Gorball kick) 45-38, 1:21
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — Concord, Lietzan 20-134, De Broka 21-115, Anthony Kyle 3-29; Warsaw, Will McGarvey 18-163, Jensen 14-(-9)
Passing — Concord, Lietzan 10-17-32, 2 TDs, 2 INTs, Jackson 1-1-55, 1 TD; Warsaw, Jensen 12-22-257, 4 TDs, 2 INTs
Receiving — Concord, Mitchell 3-79, Jackson 3-38, Mayberry 2-6, De Broka 1-55, Brady Reed 1-13; Warsaw, David 5-98, D’Andre Street 3-48, Devin Street 2-65, Larsh 2-46
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