Stevenson falls short of upset bid at Toledo 34-28

Kacen Bach threw for 277 yards and three touchdowns and added a touchdown run, but it was not quite enough to pull off an upset, falling 34-28 to Toledo.

After clinching the Central 2B League South Division title last week, Thursday’s game was expected to be no more than a tune-up for third-ranked Toledo (8-1).

But Stevenson, playing out the last of its Central 2B schedule before moving to the Trico League next season, had other ideas.

The Bulldogs (3-6) answered every one of Toledo’s touchdowns with one of their own, the last coming on Bach’s 1-yard touchdown run that tied the game 28-28 with 2:50 left.

But Toledo was able to march down field and win it on Geoffrey Glass’ fourth touchdown run with less than a minute to play.

Frank Jenkins caught five passes for 144 yards and three touchdowns. He also had a fumble recovery.

TOLEDO 34, STEVENSON 28

Stevenson 14 7 0 7—28
Toledo 14 6 0 14—34

First quarter

T — Geoffrey Glass 1 run (PAT failed)

S — Frank Jenkins 70 pass from Kacen Bach (Bach kick)

T — Ethan Carver 18 run (Austin Norris run)

S — F. Jenkins 24 pass from Bach (Bach kick)

Second quarter

T — Glass 1 run (kick failed)

S — F. Jenkins 14 pass from Bach (Bach kick)

Fourth quarter

T — Glass 1 run (2-PAT good)

S — Bach 1 run (Bach kick)

T — Glass 1 run (PAT failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — Stevenson: Kacen Bach 11-33, Tucker Wyninger 2-3.

PASSING — Stevenson: Kacen Bach 13-25-1-277.

RUSHING — Stevenson: Frank Jenkins 5-144, Joseph Jenkins 5-77, Michael VanDerBorght 1-44, Derek White 1-6, Jordan Waymire 1-6, Sam Ledesma 1-6.