Brother Rice's Alessi Caps Football Season with Touchdown for the Ages
Many Warriors have made memorable plays over the years, but the junior's 91-yard kickoff return — off a lateral pass — for the title-clinching touchdown may just be in a category of its own.
The score was tied at 28-28 with just 2:31 remaining in a see-saw game for the Division 2 state title. Brother Rice's Jason Alessi, who appeared gassed after an afternoon of running down Muskegon ball carriers at free safety — including two touchdown-saving tackles, drifted a few yards behind fellow return man Delano Madison on the opposite side of where the ball was going on the field. He looked like he was out of play, like he wanted nothing to do with the Muskegon Big Reds kickoff-coverage unit headed in his team's direction at full speed, and with all the momentum after just scoring the tying touchdown. Not. Madison caught the kick off at the 5-yard line and scampered to about the 10-yard line before firing the ball across the field…
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