Historic Playoff Run Comes To An End 

By: Jaiden Basinger, Tyler Elzholz, and Jose Nazario

November 4, 2021

This past Saturday, the Brooklyn Hurricanes traveled to Elmwood, Ohio, to take on the Elmwood Royals in the first round of the OHSAA state playoffs. 

Reaching the playoffs for the first time in school history, the Hurricanes quickly realized how difficult playoff football was. The Royal’s offense started fast by scoring on an 80-yard touchdown run.  After an ensuing Brooklyn punt, the Royals offense added another score, putting the Hurricanes in an early 14-0 deficit.  The Hurricanes finally got on the board with a Jacob Sullivan 56-yard touchdown run making the score 14-7. However, the Hurricane defense could not stop the Royal’s high-powered offense, as they added three more touchdown scoring drives. After the first quarter, Elmwood led the Hurricanes 35-7.

In the second quarter, the Royals were still in full control of the game as their offense did not let the foot off of the gas scoring four more touchdowns, increasing their lead to 63-7.  The lone, second quarter bright spot for the Hurricanes came when Sullivan connected with Jaiden Basinger on a touchdown pass.  The score at the half found Elmwood up big, 63-14.

In the second half, the Royals substituted in their younger players, and both teams failed to score another point. 

Final Score: Elmwood Royals 63, Brooklyn Hurricanes 14

It was not the ideal or desired result, but these boys learned a lot and accomplished a historic feat as a team.

Congratulations to all of the seniors for making the playoffs for the first time in school history!