New London was intercepted on its first two series of the second half, but with Weaver throwing from its own 28-yard line, Fleurijeune stepped in front of a pass from Barno and the Whalers scored one play later to bring a suddenly different feel to the game. The Whalers turned the ball over on downs on their next series, getting to the Weaver 19, and Weaver put together an 81-yard drive that was capped on a 1-yard run by Barno to make it 12-0 with 25 seconds remaining in the half. New London then had the ball for just 2:41 before losing a fumble and setting up Weaver's first touchdown, a 15-yard pass from quarterback Kalil Barno (14-for-36, 240 yards, 1TD) to Jason Sutton. Weaver's first drive of the game, although it didn't result in points, took 8 minutes off the clock. We knew (Weaver was) a scrappy team if you assist them with opportunities, you could have to pay for it and we did that." For us, it was trying to do our best just to manage the morale and what the realistic expectations are. "We play enough young guys to have that happen.
"It was definitely an opportunity to put your head down," said Burns, the New London coach, of the first half, in which the Whalers only had the ball twice as Weaver sustained a couple of time-consuming drives. The Whalers are 2-3, while Weaver fell to 0-5.
The Whalers also got an interception by Fleurijeune with 51.2 seconds remaining in the third quarter that set up their first touchdown of the game, a 24-yard run by Chris Jones that, combined with the extra point from Jairo Ruiz, pulled New London within 12-7.Īnd New London, still awaiting the return of Johnny Burns III at running back after Burns was injured earlier this season, had two players rush for more than 100 yards in the victory, with Jones carrying 16 times for 118 yards and two touchdowns and Fleurijeune rushing 11 times for 103 yards.
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