THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2021 Page 17 Crimson Tide running back Jayden Clerveaux takes off with a Pioneer defender on his heels. SPORTS | FROM PAGE 16 strong in the first half, scoring three times for the 21-0 halftime lead. After the two teams both went three-andout to start the game, Crimson QB Ellerbe found Cam Mohamed on a bubble screen, and the speedster only had to make one Pioneer miss for a 34-yard touchdown. It was 7-0, Everett after one quarter but that did not last long as Clerveaux took an inside handoff and raced to the end zone for a 42-yard TD just one minute into the second quarter. Everett 6-3 tight end Marcus Scott made a one-handed catch and reached the ball over the goal line for a 14-yard TD reception, and St. John’s was down by three scores at halftime. Everett led 21-0 at the halftime break (though it seemed like so much more to the visitors) and appeared destined for a lopsided victory before devouring a well-earned Thanksgiving Day meal. Not so fast, said the Pioneers. St. John’s, led by gigantic 6-5 quarterback Ryan Miller, rallied back with touchdowns on consecutive drives to start the third quarter and take a big chunk out of the Everett lead, making it 21-14, with plenty of ballgame left to go. “At that point in the game, when we’re down only by one score, and we have the momentum, that’s when you really have to put your foot on the gas pedal,” St. John’s Head Coach John Andreoli said. But this hardly could have sat well with the home team, and in their final game in a Tide uniform, the three main men of the Everett offensive took control behind their sturdy offensive line and made it all-Crimson the rest of the way. Adoni Santos banged through a 26-yard field goal from the SJS 9-yard line to extend the Everett lead to 24-10 on its next possession, a strong answer to the Pioneer pushback. With 3:38 left in the third quarter, Ellerbe handed off to “GoTo” Clerveaux, who busted out for a 38-yard touchdown run and, after a Santos PAT, an Everett’s defender Pedro Rodrigues grabbed the jersey of the St. John’s Pioneers ballcarrier during Thanksgiving Day action at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium in Everett. again commanding Everett lead, 31-14, at the close of the third. For only the fourth time this season, due to some blowout leads against GBL competition, the Tide starters were playing this one out on both sides of the ball. Mohamed broke a 39-yard touchdown reception off a quick screen from Ellerbe five minutes into the fourth quarter to make it 38-14. Senior Richie Malloy leaped over two would-be tacklers into the end zone with just under six minutes to play in the game for the 44-14 lead and the sealing score.
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