Pair Of Special Teams Scores Doom NDC in Loss to Taylor!

The Notre Dame Falcons played a solid first half, then were thoroughly dominated in the second in a 40-13 loss to Taylor (Ind) at Jim Wheeler Memorial Stadium Saturday Afternoon. The game was dominated by the two teams defenses thru the first 26+ minutes of action. The Trojans would get on the board with a 3 yard TD run by Taylor Johnson that capped a 95 yard Trojan drive. This came on the heels of a 79 yard punt by Kayle Chapman-Brown that pinned the Trojans back to the 5 yard line. The Falcons would answer as James Flowers(Padua HS) making his first career start would hit on a pair of big throws. First Flowers would hook up with Derrick Pastor (Bera HS Berea,OH) on a 49 yarder on 3 down and 18. Then Flowers would hook up with Matt Preston for a 14 yard Falcon TD that would make it 7-6. The ensuing extra point would be botched by NDC and returned by Marcellus Burton to make it 9-6 Trojans. The Trojans would then get a 84 yard kick off return by Trenton Schmale to race into the locker room with a 16-6 lead. The Trojans would just coast from there for the 40-13 win.

NDC would get solid performances from both Pedro Powell and Derrick Paster for the second consecutive week. Paster would catch 8 balls for 124 yards on the afternoon. Pedro Powell added 125 yards on the ground for the blue and white(1-4). The Falcons had 282 yards in total offense including 216 thru the air. Bo Grunder(Massilon HS) led the defense with ten tackles on the afternoon.

Taylor was led by Lebanon, OH native Shaun Addison who was 20 of 32 on the day for 310 yards. The Trojans had 465 yards on the day. Addison threw for 204 yards in the first half. The Lebanon native eclipsed the 4,000 yards passing mark for his career on Saturday. Corey Anderson added a 4 yard TD run for TU. Cameron Parker added a 22 yard field goal and Taylor got a 80 yard INT return from Brandon Onesologu. Addison tossed a 35 yard TD pass to Ryan Magnuson as well. The Falcons will head to Wilberforce,OH next Saturday when they will face the Marauders (1-2) of Central State. The Trojans (2-2) will take on the 4th ranked Cougars of St.Xavier University next week.

Nationally Ranked Walsh Drops NDC In Sloppy Contest!

The Walsh Cavaliers came into Korb Field on Saturday and picked up a sloppy 34-14 win over the Notre Dame College Falcons, in the Falcons second home contest of the inauguaral season of Falcon football. Walsh came into the game ranked tenth in the couuntry but hardly looked like it in this one. Walsh committed 4 turnovers including a pair of fumbles by running back Dominick Williams. The Cavaliers had 4 turnovers in the ballgame. Walsh had no trouble running the ball against the Falcons defense. Williams tallied 174 yards on 31 carries for the visitors. Toba Olarewaju added 30 yards on 8 carries. Williams had a 25 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Olarewaju also added a touchdown. Rashid Sharif had 1 carry for 7 yards and a TD. Joe Morgan led the Cavalier receiving core with 8 catches for 75 yards. Morgan also had 17 yards on 2 rushes in the game. A.J Bunton had a TD catch. Jim Shiplett was 13 of 22 for 144 yards with a TD as well as an interception. The Cavaliers had 363 yards of total offense in the contest. Walsh was only flagged twice for 30 yards.

The Falcons had the first 100 yard rusher in the first season of varsity football. Pedro Powell carried the ball 18 times for 110 yards including a 32 yarder. Derrick Paster led the Falcon receivers with 5 catches for 104 yards and a score. The Falcons had 323 yards of total offense. The miscues were the story of this one though. Yan Cyr threw three first half interceptions and the Falcons were flagged 12 times for 165 yards.

Walsh jumped out early and took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 8 play 76 yard drive capped by a Domick Williams 25 yard TD scamper and that's where we would stand after one quarter. Matt Preston (Warren,OH Howland HS) would throw the game tying score on a trick play. Preston would line up in the slot and take a pitch from Qb Yan Cyr and then would connect on a 35 yard TD with Derrick Paster (Berea,OH Berea HS) to tie it at 7 with 12 minutes left in the first half. The rest of the half would be dominated by Walsh. Toba Olarewaju would turn a Cyr interception into a 14-7 Walsh lead on a 4 yard run. Cyr Would then throw another pick in the shadow of his own goal line that Aaron Fore would take down to the 7 yard line. Rashid Sharif would make it 21-7 on a 7 yard run to give the Cavaliers a 21-7 lead. Eric Buchannan would add a 40 yard field goal right before the intermission and it would be Walsh 24 NDC 7 at the break. Walsh would open the second half scoring with a 35 yard pass from Shiplett to A.J. Gunton to make it 31-7 late in the third quarter. Buchannan would add another field goal to make it 34-7 in the fourth.

NDC would switch quarterbacks after the intermission. James Flowers would take over after the break. Flowers would throw a 67 yards pass to Travis Hernandez to cap the scoring in the 4th quarter. Flowers was 6 of 13 for 142 yards and a touchdown in relief of Cyr who was just 6 of 16 for 44 yards and three interceptions. The Falcons (1-3) will be back in action Saturday as they will travel to Taylor,Indiana and do battle with the Taylor University Trojans (1-2). Kickoff is set for 1 PM at Jim Wheeler Memorial Stadium. Walsh (3-0) will return home for a noon tilt with Urbana University on Saturday.

Fighting Falcons Fly Past NDC!

Saturday afternoon was a battle of two schools with similar nicknames. The similarities pretty much stop there though. The Notre Dame Falcons fell 38-0 at the hands of the Fairmont State Fighting Falcons in front of 3159 fans at Duvall Rosier Field in Fairmont, West Va.

FSU came out of the gates quickly. The 17 time conference champions wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. On the second play from scrimmage Perry Baker caught a 62 yard dart from Perry Moore and the Fighting Falcons led 7-0 just 56 seconds in. After NDC got a couple of first downs they would have to punt it away to the dangerous FSU offense. This time the Fighting Falcons would go 52 yards on 8 plays capped off by a Pat Pinchinat 1 yard TD run that would make it 14-0 FSU. That is where we would stand after a quarter of play. FSU would then get another Pinchinat score that was set up when Yan Cyr would be picked off for the blue and white. Logan Moore would have a 38 yard run, Frank Keenan would add a 19 yard field goal and then Perry Baker would cap off the scoring catching a 54 yard touchdown this time from backup Qb Brandon Hyler. The Fighting Falcons improved to 2-0 on the young campaign. FSU would rack up 534 yards total offense in the game including 278 yards rushing. The Fighting Falcons did have 6 penalties for 75 yards in the game. Pinchinat led FSU with 16 carries for 84 yards and a pair of TD's. Logan Moore was 16 of 23 throwing the ball for 202 yards and a TD. He also had 5 carries for 56 yards. Brandon Hyler completed his only pass attempt for a 54 yard TD. Perry Baker paced the receiving core for FSU with 6 catches for 158 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

The Falcons from NDC (1-2) playing in just the third game in program history improved on offense despite not getting into the end zone. Yan Cyr returned after suffering a concussion in week one vs Mercyhurst and played only 1 series in the first two games. The Falcons had 15 first downs and 233 yards in total offense. NDC had 119 yards rushing and were flagged 8 times for 64 yards. The leading rusher for Notre Dame was Pedro Powell (Liberty,OH Lakota East HS) who had 11 carries for 53 yards. QB Yan Cyr had 42 yards rushing along with 114 passing and was picked once. Derrick Paster (Berea,OH Berea HS) was the top reciever for NDC catching 4 balls for 51 yards including a 35 yarder. Cayle Chapman continued his sold punting as he had 8 punts for an average of 42.5 yards including a 64 yarder in the first half. Garry Briggs (8 tackles, John Hyde (7 tackles) and a few Falcons including Derrick Smith and Bo Grunder added 6 tackles to pace the Falcons D. Notre Dame College will return home for the second home game of the season with Walsh University on Saturday September 18th. Kickoff is set for 1 PM at Korb Field. Fairmont State will travel to Shepherdstown, West Va. and do battle with Shepherd.

Falcons Hold Off LWC For First W!

The Notre Dame College Falcons led by a solid running game and a couple of big stands by a upstart defense held off the Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders 14-10 on Saturday afternoon in the Blue Raiders inaugural game in Columbia, Kentucky.

The Falcons got off to a quick start in front of a capacity crowd at Blue Raider Stadium. LWC began the game with the ball and went 3 and out. The Falcons then got a pair of big plays. On the first offensive play for NDC Sophomore RB Tim Donald scampered for 32 yards. Then it was Freshman quarterback James Flowers who hit Wide Receiver Derrick Pastor for a 23 yard gain down to the LWC 16. The drive would stall at the Blue Raiders 12 as a 29 yard Jeremy Geier field goal would be blocked. The Blue Raiders would then get a huge 53 yard pass on a double pass that would lead to a 43 yard Mark Corbett field goal.

The Falcons would then get the ball back and with Dak Britt at QB would go on a 65 yard scoring drive capped by a 10 yard touchdown run by fullback Khalid Harrison. The Falcons would lead 7-3 early in the second quarter as they had the first touchdown in the school's history. Harrison had 5 carries for 41 yards on the drive and Britt would also have a 16 yard scamper for the "blue and white".

The turning point in this game would occur in the waning seconds of the first half. The Blue Raiders looked to be content heading into the locker room down 7-3. Looking like the first year program that they were LWC would not score before the half due to terrible clock management. Ricky Bowling of Lindsey Wilson would hit tight end Devon Jones with a 32 yard strike down to the NDC 1 yard line. The Falcons defense would clamp down and stop the Blue Raiders on three consecutive running plays to take a 7-3 half time lead. LWC coach Chris Oliver chose to try and take the lead before the half instead of attempting a 18 yard field goal.

The Falcons would score another touchdown in the third quarter to go up 14-3 as this time it was Pedro Powell with a 1 yard touchdown run. As soon as it looked as though the Falcons were in command back came the upstarts from Columbia (Ky). Richard Kennedy would break free for a 94 yard kickoff return on the ensuing kickoff. All of the sudden it was 14-10 Falcons. The NDC defense would come up big late and preserve the win for the Falcons.

Tim Donald and Khalid Harrison led a solid ground game for the Falcons. Donald had 47 yards on 8 carries while Khalid Harrison had 10 carries for 40 yards. Derrick Paster led the receiving corps with 4 catches for 39 yards. Kayle Chapman also played a big role in this one for NDC. The Falcon punter playing in only his second football game ever had 8 punts for a 36.8 yard average. Of those 8 points though, 3 were inside the LWC 20 yard line. The Falcons had 191 yards of total offense. They eliminated some miscues from a week ago but NDC still did have 10 penalties for 78 yards. Flowers and Britt were both adequate as the Falcons had 85 yards passing on the day. Defensively the Falcons were led by Bo Grunder (7 tackles), Sylvester Flowers (7 tackles) and Bob Hanson (5 tackles, 3 sacks).

Lindsey Wilson had only 32 yards rushing on 33 carries. The Blue Raiders had 162 yards passing for a total of 194 yards of offense. LWC had 60 yards in penalties. They were led by Cameron Zeuisdorf who led the receiving corps with 57 yards on 3 catches. De Michael Wallace had 15 carries for 54 yards. Ricky Bowling was 11 for 24 for 88 yards and Grey Young was 5 for 6 for 74 yards. Each threw a pick. It was a dogfight by two of the newest programs in college football. Notre Dame(1-1) will be back in action Saturday September 11th vs Fairmont State. Kickoff from Fairmont, West Virginia is set for 1 PM. The Fighting Falcons come into Saturday with a 1-0 record in the battle of the Falcons.

Falcons Ready For First Road Test!

With one game under their belts the Notre Dame College Falcons will head to Columbia Kentucky to take on Lindsey Wilson College on Saturday. The Falcons who fell 23-0 to Mercyhurst will be facing Lindsey Wilson who will be having the first football game in it's history on Saturday. Notre Dame will look to eliminate the mistakes on Saturday. The blue and white had 117 yards in miscues in the loss to the Lakers. One bright spot for NDC a week ago will be back in action. Freshman Punter Kayle Chapman averaged 42.5 yards per kick in his first collegiate game ever. Not only had the Freshman from Australia never played in a college game but he had never seen a college football game until Saturday's contest with Mercyhurst. The Falcons will also look to have quarterback Yan Cyr back this Saturday. Cyr only played one series against Mercyhurst before suffering a concussion that would keep him out the remainder of the game. It will be a 2:30 PM Kickoff Saturday from Columbia.