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34 | September 27, 2018 | The glencoe anchor sports
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Ramblers earn comeback win on the road
Neil Milbert
Freelance Reporter
LOYOLA VS. ST. IGNATIUS
1 2 3 4 OT F
LOYOLA 0 14 0 0 7 21
SICP 7 0 7 0 0 14
Top Performers
1. Jack Fallon, QB – 53 passing yards on 7-of-14 passing,
2 touchdowns.
2. Artie Collins, WR – 31 receiving yards on 3 receptions,
1 touchdown.
3. Tyler Flores – The running back led the team with 59
rushing yards on 12 carries.
Loyola Academy’s Jack
Fallon returned to action
on Friday, Sept. 21, for the
first time since injuring his
right shoulder in the season
opener and the senior
quarterback came through
in the clutch.
Fallon’s 10-yard pass
to Artie Collins in the left
corner of the end zone on
the first play of overtime
enabled the struggling
Ramblers to avert an upset
and escape from St. Ignatius
with a 21-14 victory.
“We had a run called,”
Fallon said. “But we got
the matchup we liked so
we went with it.”
The narrow conquest
came after Loyola (3-2)
lost two straight regular
season games for the first
time since 2006.
Entering the contest in
the second quarter with
the score tied 7-7, Fallon
threw a 12-yard touchdown
pass to Jared Lombardi
65 seconds prior to
halftime to give the Ramblers
the lead.
Setting up the touchdown
drive was a blocked
field goal attempt by St.
Ignatius that Jake Gonzalez
ran back to the Loyola
41. During the drive Fallon
ran three times for 28
yards.
“Jack’s legs give us an
added dimension,” Loyola
coach John Holecek said.
“Matthew Schiltz (who
became the starting quarterback
after Fallon was
injured) is still important
to us and is a really good
quarterback.”
Schiltz hurled a 12-yard
pass to Rory Boos for the
Ramblers’ first touchdown
and Nate Van Zelst kicked
the first of his three extra
points to tie the score in
the second quarter.
However Schiltz was
having a hard time scrambling
for yardage and after
he threw an interception
Holecek decided to call on
Fallon.
“I was ready to go tonight,”
Fallon said. “Before
the Brother Rice game
(the preceding week) I
could only throw short
distances; the farthest was
about 20 yards. I iced the
arm all week and I felt
good to go on Monday.”
The game got off to an
electrifying start when Michael
Preston caught the
opening kickoff and lateraled
it to Campbell Callum
who shocked the Ramblers
by racing all the way down
the left sideline to the end
Loyola’s Jared Lombardi (5) catches a pass against
St. Ignatius Friday, Sept. 21, in Chicago. Margo
Grogan/22nd Century Media
zone and Loyola was confronted
with a 7-0 deficit
with 14 seconds into the
game.
After falling behind in
the second quarter, the
Wolfpack tied the score
14 with 4:18 to play in the
third quarter. Bill Brady
caught a pass from Richard
Ponce and battled his
way into the end zone on a
play covering 13 yards.
On the Ramblers’ next
possession, Giorgio Arquilla
intercepted a pass
by Fallon and the Wolfpack
took possession at the
Loyola 26.
The Wolfpack drove
to the 5-yard line but on
a first-and-goal situation
Conor Hough recovered a
fumble, ending the drive.
It was anybody’s game
for the rest of regulation.
In the closing seconds a St.
Ignatius punt was downed
a half yard from the goal
line and the Ramblers
almost got nailed in the
end zone for a safety that
would have cost them the
game.
St. Ignatius won the
overtime coin toss and
elected to defend, which
was what Loyola would
have preferred to do.
It worked out for the
best. The ball was put on
the St. Ignatius 10-yard
line and Fallon immediately
found Collins in the
end zone.
When St. Ignatius took
possession of the football
the Ramblers’ defense
came on strong, putting
the Wolfpack in a fourthand-15
situation. The
fourth down pass fell incomplete
but Loyola was
charged with pass interference
and the ball was put
on the Loyola 6.
Ponce again tried to
pass but this time he was
swarmed by defenders to
end the game and enable
the Ramblers to escape
from Fornelli Field.
In Holecek’s opinion, it
was a not so great escape.
“We’re not very good,”
the Loyola coach said.
“Offensively, we shot ourselves
in the foot. With our
numbers we thought we’d
wear them down and we
didn’t at all.”
Fallon’s game-winning
pass was his seventh completion
in 14 attempts for
an output of 53 yards. He
also threw an interception.
Boos caught five passes
for 35 yards and Collins
caught three for 31 yards.
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