| Brother Rice stuns Hinsdale Central Wesselhoff's big plays key Crusaders' 4th-quarter rally CLASS 8A BROTHER RICE 21, HINSDALE CENTRAL 20 By Phil English Special to the Tribune November 2, 2007, 11:22 PM CDT The 6-foot, 205-pound Brother Rice lineman contributed two huge plays in the visitors' thrilling 21-20 come-from-behind Class 8A victory Friday night at Hinsdale Central. With his team trailing 20-14 and time running out, he sacked Hinsdale Central sophomore quarterback John Whitelaw deep in Red Devils territory and forced a fumble that was returned to the 4 by teammate Shannon Rogers with 2 minutes 39 seconds left. Two plays later Jeremy Rhodes scored from the 2 to complete a shocking fourth-quarter comeback and silence the standing-room-only crowd. Sean Noble then booted the game-winner, largely because Hinsdale's previous point-after attempt was blocked by—you guessed it—Wesselhoff. "I went between the guard and tackle and just jumped on the quarterback—and the ball just popped out," Wesselhoff said of the game-changing sack and fumble. "I knew someone had to make a play at that time, and I was lucky it was me. I guess it was just fate." Brother Rice (9-2) recovered from a dismal second half just in time. After building a 14-7 halftime lead, the Crusaders watched as Whitelaw (7-for-20, 115 yards) lit them up for two second-half TDs to take what appeared to be a safe 20-14 lead. Whitelaw connected with Jason Rafferty for a 15-yard score in the third to tie things at 14-14 and then hit Alex Kirk for a 9-yard TD pass with 9:05 left in the fourth for a six-point lead. Hinsdale Central (7-4) held Brother Rice in check for most of the second half and took over the ball with 3:06 remaining at its 25. That was when Wesselhoff took over. Hinsdale had one last chance but saw a desperation pass picked off by Rhodes at midfield with a minute left. Hinsdale led 7-0 early on a Rich Zajeski 22-yard run in the first. Brother Rice tied it minutes later on a 26-yard pass from Tom Gibson to Doug Schumacher. Antoine Hall added a 2-yard TD run to give the Crusaders the 14-7 halftime edge. Copyright © 2007, The Chicago Tribune http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/cs-071102hinsdalec,0,4099139.story?coll=cs-highschool-headlines
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