ROCKFORD — Boylan couldn’t run.
Backup quarterback Michael Morman made sure the Titans didn’t have to Saturday.
Morman completed 11-of-16 passes for 166 yards and three touchdowns in Boylan’s 24-14 first-round Class 7A football playoff win over Libertyville.
“Michael played the best game of his career,” said Will Sahlstrom, who caught four passes for 95 yards, including TDs of 21 and 39 yards from Morman.
Morman, who threw for 189 yards in four previous starts in place of injured Zach Lane, passed the credit to his teammates.
ROCKFORD – Zach Lane, playing with a partially torn ACL in his knee, planted hard and tried to cut Friday. A Hononegah defender hit him hard and bent him over backward.
Lane ran to the sideline, yelling all the way: “I’m good. I’m good. I’m good.”
Yes, he was. And so, as a result, were the Titans. Lane, playing for the first time in four weeks, threw for 126 yards and two touchdowns to lead Boylan to a 28-13 win over Hononegah. Boylan (8-0) now plays at Harlem (also 8-0) for the NIC-10 title next week.
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ROCKFORD — With a matchup against once-beaten Hononegah on the horizon, the Boylan Titans did not overlook Auburn in Friday night’s NIC-10 matchup.
Boylan (7-0, 7-0) rushed for 363 yards — with two players going over 100 on the night — and despite four turnovers, mauled the Knights 42-0 in Titan Stadium. After a slow start, the Titans scored 28 points in the second quarter to put the game away.
BELVIDERE – If Belvidere thought it could expose some weaknesses in Boylan, which played without starting quarterback Zach Lane on Friday, the Titans needed just one quarter to change that.
After a close first half, the Titans scored five touchdowns in the third quarter enroute to a 49-9 NIC-10 football victory against the Bucs at Funderburg Stadium.
Will Sahlstrom started things for the Titans in the second half when he scored on a 48-yard run to make it 21-7.
