LYLE – Practice makes perfect.

Saturday, September 22, 2001

LYLE – Practice makes perfect.

Or at least in this case, it was good for a shutout.

Coach Tony Barnack credited a solid week of preparation for the Wolverines’ first football victory of the season, 20-0 over Lyle/Austin Pacelli Friday night.

&uot;We had a good week of practice, and the guys came out and played well together,&uot; said Barnack. &uot;Our linemen played well, we played good team defense. We got rid of the mistakes and turnovers and we were able to move the ball with confidence.&uot;

They moved it into the end zone twice late in the second quarter.

The first score came with 1:26 left on a 9-yard run by Paul Kleven.

After a Richie Mathis interception, Kleven threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Zach Adams as time expired. Kleven ran for the conversion.

The other score came with 11:25 left in the game on a 6-yard pass from Kleven to Adams.

Kleven finished 10-for-18 for 106 yards. He threw one interception. Adams ran for 89 yards, Maurice Chessmore 70, Kleven 44.

Mathis had two interceptions, Kleven and Nick Flatness one each.

The Wolverines host winless Alden-Conger this week.

GE 0 14 0 6 – 20

LP 0 0 0 0 – 0

First Quarter

No scoring

Second Quarter

GE-Kleven 9 run (kick failed)

GE-Adams 7 pass from Kleven (Kleven run)

Third Quarter

No scoring

Fourth Quarter

GE-Adams 6 pass from Kleven (PAT failed)

GE LP

First downs 17 4

Rushing yards 212 15

Passing yards 106 112

Total yards 318 127

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-GE, Adams 13-89, Chessmore 18-70, Kleven 8-44

PASSING-Kleven 10-18-1, 106