Key fourth-down catch sparks Edina rally to edge Eastview

By NATE GOTLIEB, Special to the Star Tribune, 10/25/19, 9:00PM CDT

Wide receiver Landon Glenna's first catch since the second week of the season set up the go-ahead touchdown in a 20-19 victory.

Edina’s Jonathan Bunce rushed for a game-tying, fourth-quarter touchdown and Jackson Fenske hit a go-ahead extra point in a 20-19 victory over Eastview on Friday in the Class 6A playoffs at Kuhlman Stadium.

Bunce, a 6-3 running back, pushed past several Eastview defenders on the touchdown. Wide receiver Landon Glenna, who hadn’t recorded a catch since Sept. 6, set up the score with a 10-yard fourth-down reception.

“As a third receiver, coach always tells me to stay ready,” he said. “That’s what I was.”

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Edina coach Darrin Lamker called the catch the “play of the game.”

Eastview took two first-half leads on the strength of Quintcy Suggs’ two rushing touchdowns. The Lightning took a 19-13 lead in the third quarter on Connor Wiberg’s flea-flicker pass to Angelo Paulicci, whom several Hornets defenders had surrounded.

“Someone was smiling on us on that,” Eastview coach Kelly Sherwin said.

Hornets quarterback George Sandven threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Hamza Malim and a 9-yarder to Lucas Flemming. Gabriel Jobe recorded an interception late in the fourth quarter.

Eastview (3-6), which missed two extra points, lost six of its final seven games. The Hornets (5-4) have won four consecutive games.

“We knew we had the potential to go deep,” Bunce said. “I think it’s just that confidence and that physicality, and I think we’re going to keep bringing it.”

Edina’s Jonathan Bunce powers his way into the end zone, scoring a game-tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter Friday. The ensuing go-ahead extra point pushed the Hornets ahead of Eastview 20-19. Photo by Earl J. Ebensteiner, SportsEngine

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“We knew we had the potential to go deep,” Bunce said. “I think it’s just that confidence and that physicality, and I think we’re going to keep bringing it.”

Quintcy Suggs carries the ball 59 yards for a TD on Eastview's first possession of the game Friday night. Edina responded, then went on to win its first round game of the Class 6A tournament 20-19. Photo by Earl J. Ebensteiner, SportsEngine

First report

Edina's Jonathan Bunce rushed for a game-tying, fourth-quarter touchdown and Jackson Fenske hit a go-ahead extra point in a 20-19 victory over Eastview in the Class 6A playoffs at Kuhlman Stadium.

Hornets quarterback George Sandven threw a 46-yard touchdown pass to Hamza Malim and a 9-yarder to Lucas Flemming. Gabriel Jobe intercepted Eastview's Max Sherwin with 2:31 left in the fourth quarter.