The 2nd half continued the agony. On the 1st possession Summit was forced to punt from their 11.

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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 2, 2004 --

The 2nd half continued the agony. On the 1st possession Summit was forced to punt from their 11. Della Piazza got off a great 50 yard punt that ended up on the West Essex 39, but a holding penalty nullified the punt and forced a re-punt from the 6 yard line. This time West Essex returned the punt to Summit's 30 yard line. Seven running plays later West Essex scored to make it a 24-14 game. To Summit's credit they didn't fold. They took the next kick off and moved to a 1st down at the West Essex 45, behind the running of Della Piazza, Pierce Talbot, and Daryl Toney, plus a nice reception by Brad Dolny. On the next play Toney took a pitchout, but instead of sweeping the end threw a perfect strike to Kaiser to get Summit back in the game at 24-21. On West Essex's next possession they were forced to punt and Maurice Torres made a great effort and blocked the punt, giving Summit the ball on the 35 yard line. On the next play Toney took another pitchout from Schroeder, but this time he ran 35 yard for the go-ahead TD. Following the kick off, Pierce Talbot intercepted a WE pass and returned it to the WE 41. So the 4th quarter began with Summit back on top 28-24.