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Final Ben Davis 27, Cathedral 24 Alvin Contreras picks off a pass in the end zone. Giants able to go to the victory formation to win Regional #21.

Ben Rudolph good on a 40 yard FG to give the Giants a 27-24 lead over Cathedral with 2:38 to play.

Both defenses feasting now. Neither offense can do much. Someone's going to have to make a play as Ben Davis gets the ball back with 4:38 to play at the Cathedral 47

Danny O'Neil is tough as nails. Guy's been banged up all night. He's still makin' plays. Coach Prime can pick 'em. Still tied. Giants defense has held. Giants ball back at their own 30. Tied at 24.

Giants go for an inexplicable fake punt and give the Irish the ball at the Cathedral 49 in a tie game with 9:12 to play.

Final Center Grove 14, Warren Central 0

Touchdown Irish 10:21 to play... Ben Davis and Cathedral tied at 24. Gonna be a classic finish.

Ben Davis 24, Cathedral 17 End 3rd Irish driving

Still 14-0 Center Grove leading Warren with 3:33 to go.

Touchdown Giants on a 48-yd run by Alijah Price. Ben Davis leads 24-17 over Cathedral 2:51 to play in the 3rd.

Tied up. Irish with 10 unanswered. Ben Davis 17, Cathedral 17 with 8:01 to play in the 3rd.

Ben Davis 17, Cathedral 10 9:21 to play in the 3rd. Cathedral goes for and recovers an onside kick. Missed FG for the Giants early...now a converted onside kick for the Irish. Center Grove up 14-0 with 4:02 to play in the 3rd over Warren.

Center Grove 7, Warren 0 10:00 3rd See, I got called a "huge homer" here this week. I call it fair.

HSE up 14-10 on Westfield at the half per the X machine

Halftime-Ben Davis 17, Cathedral 7 Huge score by the Giants before the half. Tommy Gotkowski tossed it up for grabs in the end zone from 13 yards out, and Nate Williams caught it in traffic. Giants also got a break on a 4th down conversion during the drive. Irish ball to start the second half. They could host the Semi-State with a W

Ben Davis 17, Cathedral 7 (:36 2nd qtr) Cathedral ball to start the 2nd Half

Half-Center Grove 0, Warren Central 0

Ben Davis 10, Cathedral 7 (3:31 2nd)

Warren 0, Center Grove 0 2nd Qtr.

Ben Davis 10, Cathedral 0 End 1st

That's exactly what Coach Dullaghan calls it.

Warren/Ben Davis is always going to be close. That's a rivalry game. BD came off the loss to IMG that week and didn't get fully reengaged per Coach Mann. He said they really learned from that situation. I can't fully explain why the Giants had trouble with the Bears. It was their senior night, and LC seems to know how to play the Giants (up 28-0 in 2022 before losing 29-28). The Giants did not have Nylan Brown that night and were missing a couple of receivers. Gotkowski got hurt as well during the game, but the Giants, for some reason, could get into the red zone but couldn't make 3's turn into 7's. It was a weird game. Like they have most of the year, BD performed well in the clutch though and LC scored a TD right before the end of the game to make it 26-23. Outside of the IMG game (where they also had opportunities against a really good opponent), that was probably the worst performance of the year.

That was a very surprising game. I think everything snowballed on LN quickly. Never expected the Giants to be up 55-14 at the half. Ben Davis stopped themselves a lot in that game with drops. Finally, Gotkowski and MZ IV just put the game on their backs and legs and took over where they could. Nylan Brown, Drew Evans and the D stopped Sherrell a lot except for the big plays.

That's a great article. I have read it.

They do. Tommy doesn't get enough credit for how good he's been this year. Wherever this ends for the Giants this year, this week, next week or on November 26th, it's going to be tough to replace this senior group and these guys.