MMHSAA Semi-Final Playoff Review

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>#4 Bishop-Timon @ #1 St. Francis</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This game started off slower than most would have thought as St. Francis had just a 7-0 lead after 1 quarter from a 6-yard run by [player_tooltip player_id='1202404' first='Tyrone' last='Clark Jr']. Timon's highlight was a 10 minute drive following the score but it ended in a missed field goal. From there, it was all Red Raiders as Clark scored another TD to close out the half. St. Francis then took the opening drive of the third quarter and ended it with a 20-yard TD pass from [player_tooltip player_id='501394' first='Trent' last='Buttles'] to [player_tooltip player_id='1467402' first='Mason' last='Anderson']. Clark's 3rd TD came from 75 yards out and all but sealed the Red Raiders win. St. Francis won 35-0 and will play Canisius for the MMHSAA Championship on Saturday 11/22 at 12pm at Buff State College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>#3 St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute @ #2 Canisius</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>For the first quarter and a half, this game was a defensive stalemate with turnovers by each team. [player_tooltip player_id='1367095' first='Xavier' last='Gates-Franklin'] from Canisius picked up an interception while Charlie Marazzo, the Marauder's Long Snapper scooped up a muffed punt return early in the first. [player_tooltip player_id='1811553' first='Brayden' last='Manns'] got the scoring going for St. Joe's with a TD pass to [player_tooltip player_id='1624510' first='Stone' last='Rozak'] halfway through the second period. [player_tooltip player_id='1595362' first='Carter' last='Petri'] Extra Point made it 7-0. Things continued to look up for St. Joe's as two way stud [player_tooltip player_id='1429076' first='Payton' last='Keighron'] made a huge 4th down stop in Canisius territory. However, after a three-and-out, [player_tooltip player_id='1345135' first='Amir' last='Hernandez'] would score at the end of the half to tie it up. Canisius then stormed out on the second half going 70 yards in two plays cultivating in an [player_tooltip player_id='778700' first='Elijah' last='Kimble'] touchdown. Gates-Franklin's 2nd INT of the game set up a 20-yard TD pass from [player_tooltip player_id='1364052' first='Matteo' last='Brusco'] to Jack Cullinan putting the Crusaders up 21-7. But on the ensuing drive, St. Joe's QB [player_tooltip player_id='1811553' first='Brayden' last='Manns'] completed 5 of 6 pass attempts that led to a 15-yard [player_tooltip player_id='1257837' first='Owen' last='Kicinski'] touchdown. Another [player_tooltip player_id='1345135' first='Amir' last='Hernandez'] touchdown in the 4th quarter would put this game on ice as Canisius won 35-14.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->