Football:
Photo by Alex Veliz
Editor’s Note: a photo gallery will be added to this story on Saturday
By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor
How would La Salle respond to last week’s 61-6 thumping at the hands of St. Pius in the Del Rey League opener?
Quite well.
The Lancers got four TD passes from quarterback David Mysza in a 28-7 victory over their visitors from St. Anthony.
After having a TD wiped off the board because of a penalty, La Salle would eventually take a 7-0 lead when Mysza hit Aidan Leyland on a 15-yard TD in the first quarter.
St. Anthony would catch the Lancers at 7-7, when, on a 4th-and-18 play, Darius Davis caught a 21-yard TD pass from Benny Burns.
Mysza and Leyland would give La Salle a 13-7 lead at the break.
On the play, Mysza looked to be sprinting into the west end zone, but ultimately flipped it to Leyland for a 4-yard touchdown.
What seemed to end any hope for the Saints was when Will Clougherty made the play of the game.
On a third-and-long play in the third quarter. Mysza threw the ball behind the Lancers’ senior.
Clougherty, however, managed to snag the ball with his left hand, put the ball against his chest, and sprinted into the west end zone for an 85-yard TD.
Mysza would run the ball in for the 2-point conversion and La Salle took a 21-7 lead.
Fifty second later, Mauricio Pavon would close out the scoring with a 20-yard TD catch from Mysza.
The Lancers’ defense kept pressure on the Saints quarterback all game, with Andrew Boecking being a major headache for the St. Anthony offense.
While La Salle coach Ben Buys couldn’t have been happy with the number of flags thrown in a game that seemed to drag on forever, he had to be pleased that for the most part, his players didn’t allow St. Anthony’s trash talk or late hits to take them out of their game.
Up next: La Salle will take next week off before closing out the final two weeks of the regular season with games against last-place St. Genevieve and second-place Harvard Westlake.
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Directly below the stats and scores are interviews with Ben Buys and his players, David Mysza, Will Clougherty and Andrew Boecking.
Box Score:
SA: 0-7-0-0-(7)
LS: 7-6-15-0-(28)
Scoring:
LS: Aidan Leyland 15 pass from David Mysza (Mak Hadziosmanovi kick)
SA: Darius Davis 21 pass from Benny Burns (kick good)
LS: Aidan Leyland 4 pass from David Mysza (kick failed)
LS: Will Clougherty 85 pass from David Mysza (David Mysza run)
LS: Mauricio Pavon 20 pass from David Mysza (Mak Hadziosmanovi kick)
Friday’s Del Rey League Scores:
St. Pius 51, St. Genevieve 0
La Salle 28, St. Anthony 7
Harvard Westlake had its bye week
Del Rey League Standings:
St. Pius (5-1 overall, 2-0 in league)
Harvard Westlake (4-2, 1-0)
La Salle (4-4, 1-1)
St. Anthony (2-5, 0-1)
St. Genevieve (1-6, 0-2)
Remaining La Salle Schedule:
10/14: Bye Week
10/21: St. Genevieve at La Salle
10/28: La Salle at Harvard Westlake
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