Blossoms come up short in LeCenter

Published 12:40 am Saturday, September 24, 2011

The Awesome Blossoms walked away with their two biggest play-makers on the sidelines and a 40-35 loss at LeCenter (4-0 overall) Friday night.

BP (3-1 overall) saw quarterback Luc Zellmer, who threw three touchdowns, and Gabe Kartes, who caught a touchdown, go down with injuries.

BP allowed three scoring plays of 40 yards or more in the loss.

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“We have concerns on the defensive side of the ball and offensively, we’ll have to see how some kids are,” BP head coach Chad Gimbel said.

Zellmer wasn’t able to finish the game as Isiah Toquam took over and led BP to the 50-yard line before they fumbled the ball away with 50 seconds left in the game.

BP, which is ranked No. 8 in Class ‘A’ threw for 278 yards and ran for 76 yards and LeCenter, which is ranked No. 10 in Class ‘A’, ran for 144 yards and threw for 204 yards.

SCORING SUMMARY

First quarter

(BP) Gabe Kartes 45 pass from Luc Zellmer (pass failed) 10:35

(L) Jeremy Bosacker 6 pass from Drew Dwyer (Dwyer to Nick Chadderon) 3:58

(L) Cole McCabe 41 run (run failed) 1:45

Second quarter

(BP) Ryan McCabe 1 run (kick failed) 11:13

(BP) McCabe 3 run (Pat Jones kick) 6:23

(L) Chadderon 64 pass from Dwyer (Dwyer to Chadderon) 6:05

(L) Austin Buss 1 run (pass failed) :09

Third quarter

(L) John Christian 40 run (run failed) 2:33

(BP) Luke Hueman 9 pass from Zellmer (Zellmer to Kartes) :01

Fourth quarter

(L) Pat Lloyd 9 run (run failed) 7:48

(BP) Michael Thomas 9 pass from Zellmer (Zellmer to Hueman) 6:09