[DEVILOLOGIST]

Russell avenged their only season loss by beating the Lewis County Lions in the Raceland Black Bowl Championship game on Tuesday night. Lewis was the only team in the regular season to blemmish the record of the Maroon Machine...... Russell came out with fire in their eyes and took the ball down the field to score first in thsi championship game. Bronson Korzep-THUNDER- had 204 yards in the game as he had his best game of the season against the Lions. Connor Messer-LIGHTNING- had 120 yards and was focused on from the beginning of the game.. Messer was injured during the first half and took a shot to his tailbone from a helmet while being tackled..Messer also lossed 2 fumbles that allowed Lewis County to stay in the ball game. Korzep more than made up for it as he churned out his best performance and punished defenders in the game. Lewis scored on the second team with 3 seconds left to make the score close. Russell played every kid in the championship game and every kid received a medal for their play last night. Lewis County is a tough team and has some talent.. The deciding factor for themn I think is being able to play with a Pee-Wee sized football as all the other teams play with a junior sized ball and is consistant with middle school rules.. Lewis can throw that thing a country mile !!!!

Defensive stats for the game goes like this:
32-Korzep- 5 T
68-Sammy Smith- 8 T, 2 for loss
33-Scott- 5 T, 2 for loss
34-Hammond- 2 T
2-Messer-8 T
13-Arnold- 3 T
27-Dixon- 3 T
8-Robinson- 4 T, 1 for loss
57-Suman- 9 T, 3 for loss
7-Cole- 7 T
67-Brant Smith- 1 T, 1 for loss
99-Adams- 1 T

Offensive Stats were:
32-Korzep- 20 carries for 204 yards, 2-TD's 2 XP
2-Messer- 14 carries for 120 yards, 1-TD, 1 XP
9-May- 1 carry for 4 yards
7-Cole- 1 carry for 3 yards

Russell held on to win a take home the Championship.. great game from Lewis County and i am sure that they will be tough again next year!!!!