<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2i1ohi_0vn9AV0y00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2i1ohi_0vn9AV0y00" width="600" height="600" >OLMSTED TWP. — It wasn’t pretty at times in the first half, but Avon finally gained the resolve needed to put Olmsted Falls away in the second half and remain undefeated Friday night during a 35-14 Southwestern Conference victory.Avon (6-0, 3-0 SWC) scored 28 straight points — including 21 in the second half — to pull away from Olmsted Falls (4-2, 1-2) ... but it wasn’t easy.Seniors Nolan Good and Jack Hricovec, along with junior Cam Wendell, were the mainstays in the Avon victory.Good got into a nice groove in the second half at quarterback as he completed 17 of 25 passes for 216 yards. Good completed nine of 12 passes in the second half for 122 yards.Good also had a pair of touchdown passes — one in each half — and rushed four times for 46 yards.“We came into the game and the energy wasn’t quite there,” Good said. “It was our first away game in awhile and we were trying to get back into the feel of not playing on our home turf. Ultimately, we did what we had to do and came out with a victory.“We can throw the ball (216 yards), we can run the ball (171 yards). Our defense is one of the best in the area, if not the state. We just have to work together, both sides of the ball, and put each other in good situations and positions to succeed.”Hricovec, a defensive end, led the Eagles defense in the second half as it limited the Bulldogs to just 62 yards of total offense and only two first downs.“Olmsted Falls is a very difficult offense to defend,” Hricovec said. “Every year we have to change up our entire game plan. We go through tons of film sessions. Our defensive staff has a great game plan, year in and year out."We were able to shut (the Bulldogs) down (in the second half). Tonight, the game plan was key, but I also think our speed and physicality were able to project a nice defensive win.”After Wendell put Avon up 7-0 with a 6-yard touchdown run with 3:59 left in the first quarter, Olmsted Falls answered with an 11-play, 62-yard scoring drive that was capped by senior quarterback Jimmy Rosol’s 9-yard run on the first play of the second quarter to tie the game at 7.Good threw a rare interception on the Eagles’ first play after the Bulldogs’ touchdown. The Avon defense managed to stop Olmsted Falls’ offense after converting one first down.After a Bulldogs punt, Avon drove 11 plays in 69 yards for the go-ahead score, capped by Good’s fourth-and-goal pass to senior Matt Maxey from 5 yards out with 5:01 left in the second quarter.Although Avon failed to score in its final two possessions of the first half, the Eagles offense rallied for a score on its opening possession of the second half.Avon went 65 yards in six plays and Good threw his second touchdown pass of the game to senior Alex Huguley with 9:41 left in the third quarter. It gave Avon a 21-7 lead.“The second half we wanted to establish our run game more, especially with the weather, with the rain,” said Wendell, who led the Eagles with nine rushes for 50 yards. “We just came out slow the first half, but we picked it up and got it together. We figured it out at halftime. We talked about it and went over what we needed to fix. Our line was getting a great push and was keeping the pocket for Nolan. He was airing the ball out.”Avon coach Mike Elder reminded his team in the postgame huddle not to look past any team in the SWC.“Credit Olmsted Falls,” Elder said. “There’s no coach I have more respect for than (Olmsted Falls) coach Tom DeLuca. He knows that. It’s a heck of a rivalry. They’re a great program. They are good every year because of the work that they do in the offseason. They make us better. I’m sure we make them better.“(The Bulldogs) executed their game plan perfectly in the first half to keep things close. At halftime it wasn’t any major adjustment. It was challenging our kids to play with a little more edge, attitude and energy. We wanted to turn up the tempo on offense and get the stops on defense. We were able to do that to get separation. You have to make the great plays when you need to. We made enough of them, but we’re going to look at this film and certainly see some things we have to fix.”Contact Paul Heyse at (440) 329-7135 or ctsports@chroniclet.com.</div></body>

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High school football: Avon pulls away for win against Olmsted Falls

OLMSTED TWP. — It wasn’t pretty at times in the first half, but Avon finally gained the resolve needed to put Olmsted Falls away in the second half and remain undefeated Friday night during a 35-14 Southwestern Conference victory. Avon (6-0, 3-0 SWC) scored 28 straight points —...