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A Night to Remember! Avon Lake football seniors hoist the hardware after winning the Silver Rail Trophy over arch-rival Avon Friday night.
When Avon Lake’s 285-pound senior guard Ryan Beckman hoisted the Silver Rail trophy to the sky after Friday’s thrilling 31-28 win over rival Avon, you knew it was a moment he and all his Shoremen teammates will remember forever.
And why not? Off to a 3-0 start this season, the win over arch-rival Avon was one for the books – an instant classic – as Avon Lake put together a 14-play drive in the final two minutes to seize the final lead in the contest. They put the game away with a pass interception in the final seconds.
Paced by the surgical passing of quarterback Jack Mikolich and bruising work of running back Konner Riggs, Avon Lake pounded out a stirring victory over their arch-rival.
The decision marked the first time Avon Lake has beaten Avon in the regular season since 2012 and also snapped the Eagles’ 28-game regular season win streak.
What does it mean? Simply, Avon Lake is in the Southwestern Conference driver’s seat and the Shoreman can steer the ship to their own destiny. In short, Avon Lake football is back! Better look out SWC!
SOUPer Bowl Champs
Avon won the 9th annual Community Resource Services’ SOUPer Bowl food drive, an annual competition that pits the students of Avon and Avon Lake High Schools in a real-life competition to raise the most support for CRS. The real winners are all the families in both communities, Avon and Avon Lake, who will benefit from the generous donations. Collection totals amounted to 6,953 pounds of donations, plus $9,937 in funds to equal 56,638 pounds of food for CRS. The photo is of members of the Avon High School student council with winning trophy, presented at halftime of Friday’s Avon at Avon Lake football game.
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- Avon Lake seniors Ryan Beckman (73) and Jack Mikolich bring the pain as they lead the Shore-men onto the field before Friday’s win over Avon.
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- Mark Steinmetz carried for over 100 yards but couldn’t quite lift the Eagles past Avon Lake.
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- Shoremen faithful cheer the team as they DEFEND THE LAKE!
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- Konner Riggs (6) ran for 159 yards on 30 carries while the receiving trio of Nathan Sidloski (84), Luke Fedders (20) and Cole Schraff (13) had the Eagles scrambling all night.
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- Pam Ohradzansky and Susan Poole of Community Resource Services with the Souper Bowl tro-phy awarded each year to the biggest food drive contributor. Avon won this year as the drive produced over 56,000 pounds of food for community needs.
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- Avon Lake quarterback Jack Mikolich completed 16 of 27 passes for 230 yards, three touch-downs and no interceptions and also rushed for the winning score from two yards out in the final minute in Friday’s win over Avon.
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- Avon quarterback Ryan Maloy willed his way into the end zone as the Eagles took a fourth quar-ter lead.
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- Avon Lake players celebrate a touchdown.
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- Avon Lake head coach Matt Kostelnik has the Shoremen at 3-0 in his second year at the helm. Avon Lake is 4th in the state D II AP poll this week.
