Chagrin Falls Football Wins Big in Home Opener – Ducas with Pick Six, Gellin Adds 2 Rushing Touchdowns

Photo by Al Kornspan

The Chagrin Falls Tigers moved to 2-0 on the season as they defeated Beachwood 47-6 on Friday night.

Chagrin Falls started quickly as they took a 13-0 lead in the first quarter. The Tigers scored their first touchdown to go up 6-0 with 6:50 left in the first quarter.  

Shortly thereafter, the Tigers got a pick six to take a 13-0 lead with 5:50 left in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, with 8 minutes left, the Tigers scored on a 22-yard touchdown pass to Aiden Beresford to take a 20-0 lead.

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With a little more than three minutes to go in the first half, the Tigers running back Jack Gellin got the first of his two touchdowns as Chagrin Falls took a 27-0 lead into halftime.  

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“Offensively we got a lot of good looks,” said Gellin. “The first one (touchdown) was a short one, just kind of pounded it in. Everybody did their blocks, their assignments. The second one,(there was a) pretty open hole, took it home.”

 

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In the second half the Tigers added three more touchdowns highlighted by a pick six by Cole Ducas.

“Just broke on the ball, read the QBs eyes and made the pick,” said Ducas.

Also, in the second half, the Tigers added rushing touchdowns by Gellin who scored his second touchdown of the night and quarterback Jacob Kay.

The Bison added a fourth quarter touchdown on a 11-yard run by quarterback Larry Clark.

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Chagrin Falls will next play Kenston on Friday, September 1.

The Beachwood Bison will face St. John Ashtabula, Saturday, September 2nd at the Spire Institute in Geneva.

 

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