Rob Frytz had to wait two years to get even.

Montini's senior fullback vividly recalls Driscoll linebacker Matt Kervin vaulting over the line to stop Frytz short of a touchdown in Driscoll's 13-7 win on Oct. 7, 2000.

Frytz got his vengeance Saturday - on first-and-goal at the Driscoll 3-yard line, Driscoll leading 31-27.

Capping a 93-yard fourth-quarter drive that began when Montini's Bob Wierema stripped the ball from Driscoll and Ryan Casey recovered it, the 230-pound Frytz blasted behind left guard Joe Wenholz for the go-ahead score.

Three minutes remained in the Suburban Catholic Conference's biggest grudge match, but Driscoll went four-and-out and Montini ran out the clock to win its homecoming 33-31 in Lombard.

The loss by the top-ranked, defending Class 4A champs ended Driscoll's 17-game win streak and put Montini and Driscoll into a second-place tie behind unbeaten Immaculate Conception.

"It was payback for sophomore year," said Frytz (19 carries, 79 yards). "I was hurt last year, and I pinned one of their state championship newspapers on my wall. I looked at it every day. And I just said, 'I'm going to get that touchdown.'æ"

Montini (3-3, 3-1) coach Chris Andriano, whose Broncos beat Driscoll for the first time since 1998, said, "All that was, was just a dive. And we blocked it, and he wasn't going to get stopped."

What the Broncos did stop, or at least limit, was Driscoll's (5-1, 3-1) big-play ability in the second half.

The first time he ran the ball, Driscoll tailback Greg Turner (11 carries, 78 yards) scored on a 51-yarder. The Highlanders' passing combination of Matt Mahaney (13-of-29, 220 yards) to Billy Morris produced first-half touchdown catches of 77 and 11 yards.

Add Rick Albreski's 37-yard field goal, and Driscoll led 24-14 at halftime.

Montini was surviving behind quarterback Christian Pfluger (16-of-33, 274 yards). A 23-yard pass to Mike Albian set up Frytz's first score, a 1-yard plunge.

In the second quarter, down 17-7, Pfluger hit Albian (10 catches, 170 yards) and Nick Minucciani on long passes that set up Mike Mucha's 8-yard touchdown run.

"They did an excellent job protecting (Pfluger)," Driscoll coach and defensive mastermind Tim Racki said. "I tried coming at them early, they picked us up. Then I even went to double-covering and he was still putting the ball in there. That's just great football."

A scoreless third quarter seemed to dim the passion from John L. Duffy Memorial Field. It heated up again in the fourth, in spades.

First, Montini's Jeff Boiko fell on a high Driscoll punt snap at the Highlander 6-yard line. It set up Pfluger's 1-yard touchdown run to pull the Broncos within 24-21.

Montini's Steve Lopez then intercepted a pass that John Fuentes had batted at the line. Minucciani caught a 30-yard touchdown pass for Montini's first lead, 27-24, with 10:01 to play.

Driscoll still had a big play up its sleeve. Turner took a pitch right and threw a 67-yard halfback pass to Morris (6 catches, 194 yards) that put the Highlanders back on top, 31-27, with 8:25 left.

A minute and 3 turnovers later, Driscoll looked ready to put the game away at the Montini 11-yard line. Instead, Wierema stripped the ball and Casey recovered at the 12.

A 5-yard Montini penalty prefaced the Broncos' 93-yard, 11-play, game-winning scoring drive.

"All of a sudden I see the ball pop up," Casey said. "So I'm like, 'Whoah, I'd better grab that.' It was the greatest feeling of my life."