Big Gamin- Monessen vs. Brentwood

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Halftime

Monessen 21
Brentwood 13

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Tied at 21

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Pick 6 by Linhart... Monessen 27-21 waiting for the XP

XP no good

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Javonn Brown takes the Punt to the crib

Monessen 35
Brentwood 21

10:50 left

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7 min left

Monessen 35
Brentwood 28

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Monessen's Rawlins gets the INT.... Monessen starts on their own 11

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Monnessen cannot close this game out... forced to punt from their own 5 yard line... Brentwood ball on the 35 of Monessen... 2:39 left

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Brentwood overthrows the 4th down play...

Final
Monessen 35
Brentwood 28

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Granted I listened to the game rather than actually being there, I'll offer some quick thoughts.

Monessen, other than Gillespie's 2 long catch and run TD's and Chavas Rawlins on defense nothing stood out to me. Monessen had chance after chance to totally put this game away and failed to do so. Maybe some credit gotta be given to Brentwood but man, Pacak just sucks as a game caller. Mid 4th rather than going for it on 4th down Monessen should've punted the ball and forced Brentwood to go the length of the field. Instead they go for it and Chavas throws an incomplete pass. Monessen also practically gave Brentwood its first 2 TD's of the game. I'd like to see Chavas Rawlins 2nd half stats on offense.

Brentwood, Vickless definitely went off. Threw up a 200+ yard game on the ground. But man, how many chances down the stretch did Brentwood have inside the 20 and came up short. Gotta give the Hounds some credit for making stops when they needed to.

I'd like to see these 2 squads face off in the playoffs. May be a game where the score is similar, going either way. But I think it'll be an all round cleaner game. Just so many mistakes that left points on the field by both teams. Def an entertaining for sure.

Hats off to Monessen for going into Brentwood and beating this team on their home field. Other than Clairton this may be your stiffest test in the Blackhills and you passed, and proved me wrong in the process.

Next week Monessen travels to McDonald to take on Fort Cherry, and Brentwood travels to Homewood to take on Imani Christian.

[YinzerKyle]

Is it fair to say that I think Chavas Rawlins is wildly overrated? I mean I've never seen him play but on gametape but I would expect more from a QB going D-1 to WVU. Just IMO. Monessen has a lot of talent but never seems to do much and this is at a 1A level.