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Carter, Griffins too much for Shore
BY JUSTIN SAUER - CORRESPONDENT - OCTOBER 16, 2009
WEST LONG BRANCH -
Shore's plan of attack was simple - keep quarterback Kevin Carter and the
high-powered Monsignor Donovan offense in check.
But on Friday night the Blue Devils, along with the rest of the Griffins'
opponents this season, found out that's not that easy.
Averaging a Shore Conference-best 356 total yards a game going in Friday night's
game, Monsignor Donovan's offense continued torching opposing defenses as it
piled up 283 yards of total offense to defeat Shore, 20-19, in a Shore
Conference Patriot Division game at Robert E. Feeney Field.
Carter (133 rushing yards) and junior running back Nick Miranda (120 rushing
yards) both rushed for over a 100 yards to pace the Griffins' attack.
Trailing 13-6 at halftime, Shore running backs Mark Coleman (52 yards) and Trey
Cooper (15 yards) each rushed for touchdowns in the second half to give the Blue
Devils a 19-13 lead with 2:29 to go in the third quarter.
After both offenses traded punts on their ensuing possessions, Monsignor Donovan
then took a 20-19 lead with 2:08 remaining in the game, capping off a 13-play,
84-yard drive with a Carter 22-yard touchdown run.
On their final drive of the game, the Blue Devils' offense would put together
one last comeback attempt as they marched down to the Griffins' 30-yard line.
But the bid fell short when junior quarterback Evan Ruane incompleted a pass to
Cooper on 4th-and-3 with under a minute to go in the game.
"Coming into the game, we were No. 1 (in total offense) in the Shore," said
Carter, who also registered touchdown runs of one and 32 yards in the first
half. "We take great pride in that and we take great pride in our offense.
Coming into each game we try to balance out with what they're going to run on
defense. We just do what we do, we don't really change much."
Throughout the game, Shore's defense made it a point to key on Carter, who
before Friday's game was third in the conference with 632 rushing yards and
eight touchdowns. However it didn't seem to matter.
"We are just executing," Carter said. "Everyone's being where they got to be.
Linemen are using their footwork to get where they got to block. It doesn't
matter who they line up across as long as they follow their rules, they will get
there."