Gateway, which is ranked #25 in the latest USA Today High School Football Poll, needed three touchdowns on kickoff returns...the last with less than a half minute remaining in the game...to escape with a 37-36 win over Norwin Friday night.
In a game that featured ten lead changes, Gateway (Monroeville, PA) needed a 65-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Brian Williams to avoid the Gators second loss of the year. Gateway's Cameron Sadler also got into the special teams' act returning kickoffs for touchdowns earlier in the game. Sadler scored on returns of 90 and 82 yards.
Norwin almost pulled off the upset behind the combo of quarterback Alex Dennison and receiver Mike Shanahan. The two hooked-up on five touchdown passes in the game. The last, an 18-yarder, coming with under a minute to give Norwin a 36-31 lead.
Dennison completed 10-of-14 passes for 234 yards and scores of 31, 2, 7, 20 and 18 yards. For the game Shanahan caught eight balls for 159-yards.
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