Charlie Goro caught only three passes for Maine South on Saturday, and the first one went for a 41-yard touchdown.
Catch No. 2 was good for an 18-yard TD. Catch No. 3 was a 63-yard game-winning touchdown in No. 16 Maine South’s wild 47-40 victory over New Trier in Park Ridge.
With ex-Maine South All-Stater and ex-Washington Redskins Super Bowl champion lineman Dave Butz watching approvingly, the Hawks led 40-21 early in the third quarter behind quarterback Jimmy Coy (23 of 37 for 377 yards, five TDs, one TD run).
New Trier (5-2, 2-1 Central Suburban South) mounted a furious comeback. Richard Spellman’s third touchdown run (a 2-yarder) made it 40-27 with 4 minutes 59 seconds left.
Trevian Trey Frahler (23 of 41 for 284 yards and two TDs) hit James Hall with a 29-yard scoring pass and it was 40-33 with 2:34 to go. “It was getting nerve-wracking out there,” Goro said. “I was just hoping to get some passes thrown to me.”
With 1:46 left Coy found Goro for the 63-yard score, but George Brigandi returned the ensuing kickoff to the Hawks’ 18 and Frahler went back to Hall for an 18-yard TD pass with 1:20 left. Maine South (5-2, 3-0) hung on to claim first in the CSL South.
Serving a one-game suspension for mistakenly using words from a Nazi sign hung on the gates of Jewish concentration camps during World War II on a motivational sign for his players, Maine South coach Dave Inserra was allowed to view the game from the rooftop of a school building about 100 yards from Wilson Field.
“It was lonely up there,” Inserra said. “It was crazy watching all those touchdowns (nine by both teams) in the second half and not being able to see the game clock. I’m so proud of the coaches and players who stepped it up in my absence.”
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