Louisville Ends Season With Tough Loss at Strongsville, Finish 6-2-1 – Freshman Football
Strongsville 33, Louisville 22
The Louisville Leopards Freshman Football Team dropped their season finale against the host Strongsville Mustangs 33-22 Thursday Evening at Pat Catan Stadium. With the loss, Louisville finishes the season with a final record of 6-2-1.
Quarterback Tyler Jackson threw 3 touchdown passes and a pair of conversion throws to lead the Leopards offense. Jackson connected with Andy Larson for 2 of those touchdowns. The first came from 72 yards away in the opening quarter. The second came on 4th Down via a 23 yard touchdown pass on the final play of the first half. That cut the Louisville deficit to 20-14 at the break.
Neither team scored in the third quarter before the Mustangs extended their advantage to 26-14 with 6:08 left in the fourth quarter. The Leopards answered back when Jackson found Daniel Kennedy for a 27 yard touchdown pass. Jackson then roped a pass to Larson in the left side of the endzone for the two-point conversion to get LHS within 26-22 with 4:34 to play.
However, a backbreaking 67 yard touchdown run by Strongsville on their next drive put the Mustangs back up 33-22. Louisville drove into the redzone on their final drive, but could not find the endzone.
Kennedy led the Leopards defense with a sack, interception, tackle for a loss, and a big tackle to halt a Strongsville fourth down attempt. JD Spitaleri also recorded an interception and Larson blocked an extra point for Louisville.
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Scoring Summary
MUSTANGS 33, LEOPARDS 22
Team 1-2-3-4–TOTAL
Louisville 8-6-0-8–22
Strongsville 13-7-0-13–33
1st Quarter
Strongsville – #25 29 Yard Pass from #3 (Kick Blocked) | LHS 0, SHS 6
Strongsville – #9 Fumble Recovery In Endzone (#9 Kick) | LHS 0, SHS 13
Louisville – Andy Larson 72 Yard Pass from Tyler Jackson (Daniel Kennedy Pass from Tyler Jackson) | LHS 8, SHS 13
2nd Quarter
Strongsville – #23 22 Yard Run (#19 Kick) | LHS 8, SHS 20
Louisville -Andy Larson 23 Yard Pass from Tyler Jackson (Pass Failed) | LHS 14, SHS 20
3rd Quarter
None
4th Quarter
Strongsville – #3 3 Yard Run (Kick Failed) | LHS 14, SHS 26
Louisville – Daniel Kennedy 27 Yard Pass from Tyler Jackson (Andy Larson Pass from Tyler Jackson) | LHS 22, SHS 26
Strongsville – #3 67 Yard Run (#19 Kick) | LHS 22, SHS 33
Records: Louisville 6-2-1
