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Published November 14, 2009 10:57 pm - Sharon High head football coach Bob Fromm had a simple explanation for his Tigers’ 18-17 District 10 Class AA opening-round triumph over Fairview Saturday afternoon: “Choppin’ wood.” D-10 Playoffs: Sharon rallies for win; Wilmington survives; Greenville ousted Herald Staff reports
Sharon High head football coach Bob Fromm had a simple explanation for his Tigers’ 18-17 District 10 Class AA opening-round triumph over Fairview Saturday afternoon: “Choppin’ wood.” That must make the 6th-year Tigers’ taskmaster the Tin-Man — all heart. And it had a trickle-down effect on his Tigers, who trailed 17-7 at intermission. However Sharon shut out Fairview during the 2nd half, then parlayed touchdowns from Louis and Kevin Brown en route to its second 1st-round tournament triumph over Fairview in as many years. In a pair of AA opening-round games that took place Saturday night, Wilmington beat Ft. LeBoeuf, 32-21 at SRU while Gen. McLane ousted Greenville, 27-19, at Edinboro University. ä Sharon 18, Fairview 17 — At Slippery Rock University’s N. Kerr Thompson Stadium, the Tigers’ 2nd-half turnabout reminded Fromm of a preseason conversation he had with Cameron Brown. When Fromm referenced the old-school saying, “Choppin’ wood,” his terrific Tigers linebacker didn’t comprehend. So by way of explanation, Fromm rhetorically asked, ‘When things are going bad, you gonna pout or you gonna start choppin’ wood?’” Trailing by 10, Brown and his buddies got busy, and the Tigers froze Fairview from the end zone during the game’s final 26 minutes. Bolstering Brown were Marc Martell, Nick Juranovich and London Sanders, among others, as they limited their Erie County namesakes to 41 second-half yards. Sharon (9-2) commenced the 2nd half led by bullish Kevin Brown, whose 37 yards rushing energized a 5-play, 65-yard, 2-plus minute series highighted by Jason Ondic’s 27-yard scoring strike to Louis Brown on a bubble screen. The Tigers trailed 17-12, and that score stood stagnant until Sharon’s 12-play, 84-yard, 6-minute, 21-second series started late in the 3rd period. However Cam Brown — who tallied a 3-yard TD with 29.7 ticks to play in the 1st half — was stuffed on a 4th-and-goal attempt from Fairview’s 1 with 7:56 remaining in the finale. But Fairview failed to consume the clock, incurring a crucial holding penalty that pinned it on its own 6-yard line. With 4 minutes left, Josh Gdanetz punted from his end zone, setting up Sharon’s short field. Ondic spiralled a 20-yard strike to Vandell Spicer, then Kevin Brown burst for 8- and 11-yard gains. The latter was augmented by a personal foul/horsecollar tackle penalty against Fairview. On 1st-and-goal from the 8, Kevin Brown bounced outside and outsprinted defenders to the pylon at the end zone’s left corner with 2:29 left. The score staked Sharon to its lone lead, 18-17. 
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