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Liberty quarterback Jake Jeske looks to throw a touchdown to wide receiver Ashton Strobel while evading the pursuit of Davenport defensive lineman Wyatt Telecky as time expires in the first half last Friday. The Lancers came back to beat the Gorillas 41-27 Sept. 30.
DAVENPORT-For one half, it looked like the Gorilla football team could be earning a big bounce-back win against league-leading Liberty following a setback at Lind-Ritzville/Sprague the week prior. But Lancers quarterback Jake Jeske decided that wouldn't be the case, leading Liberty to score 27 straight points in the game's final 25 minutes en route to a 41-27 Liberty victory over Davenport.
Jeske accounted for all six of Liberty's touchdowns, running for three himself and throwing three to Ashton Strobel.
Fullback Sam Schneider got the scoring going in what turned out to be a traditionally wild game between Davenport and Liberty with a three-yard direct snap run. The Gorillas took a 13-0 lead after Wyatt Telecky blocked a Liberty punt to set Davenport up with good field position and quarterback Jaeger Jacobsen lofted a pass to wide-open running back Jayvee Fudurich for a 13-yard touchdown.
Jeske scrambled for a 14-yard touchdown at the beginning of the second quarter to get Liberty on the scoreboard. Davenport answered back with a touchdown when Fudurich picked up a Schneider fumble and ran it six yards into the endzone.
Chaos continued when Strobel caught a 30-yard pass from Jeske in the endzone that was tipped by the Davenport defense. Davenport answered when Schneider took a pitch from Jacobsen and threw a strike down the right sideline to running back Evan Gunning for a 76-yard catch-and-run score to make it 27-14 Davenport.
Liberty marched down the field in the final 1:31 of the half and Jeske found Strobel again from 14 yards out with one second left before halftime. The Gorillas led 27-21 at intermission.
The second half was all Lancers. Davenport fumbled on the first possession of the third quarter, and Jeske ran in a 29-yard score to give Liberty its first lead. He followed that with a 38-yard rushing score and a 64-yard strike to Strobel as he was thumped in the chest on the first play of the fourth quarter to put the game away.
"Man, they made a lot of crazy plays," Davenport head coach Justin Young said. "Balls in the air, they were around the ball and catching it. They're a solid team...they're tough."
Davenport fell to 2-2 in league and 3-2 overall with the win and heads into a bye week. Liberty maintained its first-place hold on the NE2B and is now 4-0 in league and 4-1 overall. The Lancers play Northwest Christian at Roos Field in Cheney Friday, Oct. 7.
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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