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Football - Boys Varsity
Trotwood storms into state title game
By Marc F. Pendleton, Staff Writer
Updated 1:11 AM Saturday, November 27, 2010
GAHANNA— Renon Lorenzo was a driven mess at halftime.
The Trotwood-Madison senior whippet-like wideout was bawlin’ like a school girl. And no wonder. Like anyone else who wasn’t playing defense, he had endured Uniontown Lake’s 27-point second quarter while idle on the sideline.
Trailing 27-7 and being broken more every minute, that seemingly ended the Rams’ dream season in the Division II state semifinal at Gahanna Lincoln High School on Friday night.
Well, not quite.
“They were asking me why I was crying,” Lorenzo said.
“I told them I seen this. I seen that we were going to do this. I seen us doing it. We were all banging our chests hard.”
Then assistant Kerry Ivy sealed the deal by proclaiming that Trotwood would make high school comeback history. Once the chest thumping subsided, the Rams went to work.
Suddenly everything that hadn’t worked in the first half was executed flawlessly. Thanks to a big helping of Antwan Gilbert that resulted in 41 carries for 269 yards, T-M ran itself back into contention.
Then the Rams’ defense came to life. Big hits were the norm, as were three-and-outs for Uniontown, which had just 15 second-half plays.
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Football - Boys Varsity
Last-second score lifts Trotwood
TD with five seconds left gives Rams spot in Division II state championship game.
By Marc F. Pendleton, Staff Writer
12:31 AM Saturday, November 27, 2010
GAHANNA — Michael McCray had just put the finishing touch on the most improbable comeback victory in Trotwood-Madison football history. But there was still some unfinished business for the budding sophomore.
McCray’s father, also Michael and a Rams assistant coach, was waiting.
“We just celebrated and talked to each other,” said the son, whose touchdown catch from quarterback Marcus Graham with five seconds left were the go-ahead points in a stunning 34-27 defeat of Uniontown Lake in a Division II state semifinal at Gahanna Lincoln High School on Friday.
“I told him I loved him. It meant a lot to me. You can put it down in history. Now we’ve got to go get another W.”
The win propels T-M (12-2) into next week’s state final against Maple Heights, a 27-17 winner over Lake Catholic in the other D-II semi at Solon.
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