Park View Gets 3 Touchdowns in 50 Seconds for Win

By Levi Chronister

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

It didn't take trick plays for Park View to put Monday's game against Dominion out of reach.

Just quick ones.

The Patriots — known for their creative playbook that includes bounce passes and reverse flea flickers — scored three conventional touchdowns in a 50-second stretch of the third quarter, breaking open the game en route to a 49-21 road victory.

The Titans were within a touchdown at 21-14 halfway through the third quarter when the Patriots (8-0, 5-0 AA Dulles) went on a nine-play, 75-yard drive that ended on a 14-yard pass from C.J. Leizear to Eric Johnston with 2 minutes 46 seconds left in the period.

Park View recovered Clayton Parker's onside kick following the score, and Leizear found Tommy Sedeski for a 43-yard scoring pass and a 35-14 lead on the next play.

After Parker's next kickoff went out of bounds, Dominion quarterback Geoff McCowat fumbled the snap and Sonny Terrones recovered for the Patriots. Three plays later, Leizear connected with Danny Foley for a 53-yard touchdown pass with 1:56 left in the quarter for the knockout blow.

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Members of Cub Scout Pack 1152 prepare to take flags onto the field before the game. (Kyle Hansen)

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The Dominion Titans take the field before their Monday night game against the Park View Patriots. (Kyle Hansen)

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The Patriots come onto the field before their Monday night game against the Titans. (Kyle Hansen)

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Dominion's Deandre Reaves carries the ball during the first quarter. Reaves had 204 rushing yards during the game. (Kyle Hansen)

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Park View defensive lineman Thomas Mulabah runs the ball into the endzone for a touchdown after catching a blocked punt. (Kyle Hansen)

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Patriot Tommy Sedeski tries to get past Titan defenders No. 55 Marcus Waller and No. 14 Andy Pont. (Kyle Hansen)

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A member of the Dominion marching band performs during the halftime show. (Kyle Hansen)

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The Titan marching band performs during halftime of Monday night's game. (Kyle Hansen)

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Members of the Dominion marching band perform during the halftime show of Monday night's football game. (Kyle Hansen)

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Members of the Dominion marching band perform on the football field. (Kyle Hansen)

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A member of the marching band performs at Dominion High School. (Kyle Hansen)

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The Dominion marching band leaves the field after its performance. (Kyle Hansen)

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Park View quarterback C.J. Leizear runs with the ball after recovering his own fumble during the third quarter. (Kyle Hansen)

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Park View wide receiver Josh Jones runs with the ball during the third quarter of Monday night's game against Dominion. (Kyle Hansen)

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Patriot wide receiver Danny Foley runs 53 yards for a touchdown during the third quarter. (Kyle Hansen)

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Dominion running back Todd Lancaster tries to get away from Park View No. 63 Tuan Tran and No. 41 Garrett Williams. (Kyle Hansen)

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"Anytime you can get turnovers and make plays and get the ball on their end of the field I think that's a benefit to your offense," Park View Coach Andy Hill said.

"C.J.'s a pretty good quarterback and his receivers were running good routes and I thought we just got into a rhythm. We ran the same plays, just different variations, about six times in a row, and he was finding different kids each time."

Dominion (2-6, 1-4) kept the game close through the first half, allowing just 132 total yards. Park View scored on its first play of the game — a 51-yard pass from Leizer to Johnston — after Dominion's opening drive stalled at midfield, but turned the ball over on its next four drives (two fumbles, one interception and one turnover on downs).

The Patriots took a 14-0 lead late in the first quarter on a 20-yard blocked punt return by Thomas Mulabah, and the Titans cut that lead to a touchdown in the second quarter when Drew Blaskoski recovered a Deandre Reaves fumble in the end zone.

Park View added one more touchdown in the first half on a 35-yard pass from Leizear to Sedeski with 27 seconds left before intermission, and Dominion closed the gap to seven points, 21-14, on a 60-yard run by Reaves on its first possession of the second half.

Reaves finished with 204 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries, extending his school record for rushing yards in a season to 1,205.

"He stepped it up," Dominion Coach Mike Dougherty said of his star freshman. "You know a lot of the better teams in our district have stopped him in the first half and I don't think that was the case tonight. He, for the most part, went for positive yards every time he got it. You know, he's got three more years to play these guys, so we're excited about that."

Leizear finished 23-of-37 passing for 447 yards with six touchdowns and one interception. Sedeski caught seven passes for 175 yards and three scores, and Foley had six receptions for 125 yards and a touchdown. Johnston rushed for 40 yard and caught four passes for 111 yards.

Titans running back and defensive back Todd Lancaster, playing his second game back from a shoulder injury, played sparingly on offense, rushing five times for minus-9 yards, but shined on defense, intercepting a pass and recovering two fumbles.

"He's a big boost to our team, he's our captain," Dougherty said of the senior who was named homecoming king before the game. "Hopefully for these last two games he'll be at 100 percent."

Park View travels to Leesburg to face Heritage (6-2, 3-1) at 7 p.m. Friday. The Pride defeated Briar Woods, 28-21, Monday.

"It'll be a playoff atmosphere," Hill said. "They're a real good football team. I expect them to come and be ready to get after it Friday night."

Extra Points

By Paul Tenorio and Matt Brooks