Freedom Finishes Winless After Loss to Falcons
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
Briar Woods tuned up for the playoffs by defeating Freedom, 49-14, in the second annual Bird Bowl on Friday night.
The Falcons (7-3, 4-3 AA Dulles) will be the No. 3 seed in next week's Region II Division 3 playoffs and will face second-seeded Millbrook. The Eagles (0-10, 0-7) fell behind 35-14 at halftime and never recovered.
Briar Woods jumped out to a 7-0 lead just 44 seconds into the game on a 28-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Alex Munro to wide receiver Tim King. They would hook up on a 23-yard touchdown pass with 1 minute 47 seconds left in the first quarter to stake the Falcons to a 14-0 lead.
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Freedom at Briar Woods
The Briar Woods Falcons hosted the Freedom Eagles in Friday night's bird bowl match-up. (Melissa Arseniuk)
The Freedom Eagles take a timeout after Briar Woods scores its second consecutive touchdown Friday night. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Freedom senior Steven Vibar takes in the action from the sidelines during Friday night's game at Briar Woods. (Melissa Arseniuk)
The Briar Woods cheerleaders dressed accordingly for Friday night's game as temperatures hovered just above freezing. Despite the cold, the squad kept its smiles as it entertained the crowd. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Freedom quarterback Allen Seaquist talks with head coach Tom McIntyre during Friday night's game at Briar Woods. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Freedom marching band tenor saxophone player Sandy Ramani, right, chats with trumpet players Abbel Getu, center, and Michael McVeigh, left, before the Friday night football game halftime show at Briar Woods. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Briar Woods student Mike Arthur, 17, helps keep fellow Falcons fan Kassy Zavala, 15, warm as they watch their team play. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Freedom players Brian Orr, left, and Dakota Porter, right, share a laugh during the last game of the season at Briar Woods. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Freedom linebacker Kyle Groome dives for a loose ball during Friday night's bird bowl at Briar Woods. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Liz Bolle, a Briar Woods senior, cheers for her school's football team during Friday's bird bowl. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Freedom linebacker T.J. Mizzell, right, protects his quarterback, Allen Seaquist, left, as the Briar Woods Falcons attack. (Melissa Arseniuk)
As the final quarter of Friday night's bird bowl comes to a close, the Briar Woods falcon looks on as his team defeats Freedom 49-14. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Freedom running back Carl Silverlock, right, congratulates Briar Woods running back Jake Ashton, left, on the Eagles' 49-14 win over the Falcons. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Briar Woods cheerleader Julie Wiard, right, congratulates Eagles running back Michael Brownlee after the team's win over Freedom. Brownlee, a freshman, scored his first touchdown during the last minutes of the game. (Melissa Arseniuk)
Briar Woods team captain John Maghamez cheers and hoists the ceremonial bird bowl in the air following the team's win over Freedom. (Melissa Arseniuk)
King, who had four receptions for 69 yards, finished the regular season with 49 receptions for 751 yards and 13 touchdowns.
"I owe a lot to my quarterback and the offensive line," King said. "Alex threw good passes to me."
King wasn't the only offensive player shining for Briar Woods Friday, with Matt Eisenman rushing 12 times for 102 yards and two touchdowns, one in each half. J.T. Bailey added 64 yards and a touchdown.
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Jeff Pugh accounted for Freedom's two touchdowns, rushing for scores of 60 and 65 yards. He finished with 13 carries for 173 yards.
"He's an outstanding kid," Freedom Coach Tom McIntyre said. "He's going to be an outstanding running back before he leaves here."
Briar Woods completed its scoring in the second half with a seven-yard touchdown run by Eisenman late in the third quarter and a 15-yard touchdown by freshman running back Michael Brownlee for his first career score.
Its season now over, Freedom now looks ahead to next year.
"We're going to go to work and get back in the weight room next week and we're going to have a better team next year," McIntyre said.
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