Zeke Lane Does Scoring For Both Teams As Dillon Downs Cavanaugh For Interhall Crown

Scoring their lone touchdown on a long pass, Dillon Hail weathered three onslaughts by Cavanaugh and hung on to win the interhall grid crown, 6-2.

Zeke Lane of Dillon had a hand in all the scoring, passing for the touchdown and being nailed behind his own goal line for Cavanaugh's two points.

Dillon's winning score came early in the third period. After receiving the second-half kickoff, the victors' shackled offense began to function. Starting from their own 38, they drove to the Cavanaugh 32, aided by a five-yard penalty when the drive momentarily stalled. Two running plays lost four yards. Zeke Lane then faded to his right and boated a long pass to Paul Hanifin behind the Cavanaugh defenders, good for 36 yards and a touchdown. Jack McGroder's placement try was wide.

Taking the next kickoff, Cavanaugh fought back. Starting from their own 20, they covered 73 yards in seven plays. Paul Schlafly contributed the longest run of the day in this drive, sprinting from his own 34 to the Dillon 18. On the Dillon seven-yard line, Cavanaugh lost the ball on the first of two costly fumbles. Razzle dazzle in the Dillon backfield backfired and Lane was buried under by the blueshirted Cavanaugh line in the end zone.

Jack McGroder kicked off from his own 20 and Cavanaugh was on the march again. In six plays, they slashed their way to the enemy nine-yard line. Again they fumbled away a chance at a touchdown and this time it meant the ball game.

In everything but points scored it was Cavanaugh's game. Their lighter line stopped Dillon's running game time after time. Bob Barrett pitched them to the Dillon 12 in the second period, but an interception of an end zone pass killed the bid for a touchdown.