After a 1st quarter dominated by defense, a 33-yard touchdown pass from Prospect's Junior Gary Moeller to Senior Matt Meyer opened up the scoring for the night with just over a minute left in the first quarter. Moeller finished the night 14 for 26 with four passing touchdowns, one rushing touchdown and a total of 218 yards in the air. Moeller credits his offensive line for much of his success saying "they're really freakin' big." Moeller was rarely under pressure in the pocket and was only sacked once.
Deboeuf and Meyer celebrate after Meyer caught a wide-reciever screen and streaked 49 yards down the St. Viator sideline for a touchdown. This was the third straight possession the Knights scored a touchdown after Noah Marx caught a 27-yard touchdown pass on the previous possession. Prospect led 29-13 after the touchdown reception. Meyer caught three passes for a total of 98 yards.
Just when Prospect appeared ready to blow the game open, St. Viator responded with a drive of their own to bring the game within a possession at 29-21. After Prospect's offense stalled on the subsequent drive, a Mekky punt pinned the Lions inside their own 10-yard line. On first down, a blizting Mekky forced an errant throw from Mahoney, which was picked off by Senior Gage Beyer and set Prospect up at the Lions 20-yard line. "Any time they got any momentum our defense came up big for us," Deboeuf said. Junior Luke Zardzin capped off the possession after the interception with a 1-yard touchdown rush to put the Knights up 36-21. Zardzin carried the ball 28 times for 166 yards.
Created by Rick Lytle. Photos by Mara Nicolaie, Grace Baldino, Abby McKenna, Alexis Esparza-Peters, and Georgia Smith.