Football: Carey knocks LCC out of playoffs

SHAWNEE TOWNSHIP — Brady Parker wanted back in Friday’s playoff football game badly. The Lima Central Catholic quarterback even tried to walk back into the huddle after taking a hit to the head on a run that ended with a targeting penalty against Carey. With just 2:29 left in the fourth quarter and the Thunderbirds trailing by 15, they were set up on the 15-yard line. Some things, LCC coach Colin Stolly said, are more important than winning that playoff football game against Carey on Friday night at Shawnee Stadium. “The way that he looked trying to get up off the ground, I couldn’t put him back in the game,” Stolly said of his senior quarterback. “He was wanting to go back in. It’s just I can’t jeopardize his future when we’re down 15 with two minutes left in the game. We just can’t do that, so you know, that kind of stinks.” The Thunderbirds’ ensuing four tries to score all failed, and on the next play Carey’s Mace Puckett ran 77 yards for a touchdown and the final score in a 35-13 C