Game Balls: Nos. 7-5

October

The next three Game Balls go to…

7. Rob Lombardo, Somers: If you touched the ball for Somers on Friday night, you deserve a share of this one. But I’ll give this one to Lombardo since he did the most damage in the Tuskers’ eye-popping 62-12 win over Poughkeepsie in their Class A quarterfinal. Lombardo opened and closed the scoring in Somers’ 34-point third quarter, catching a touchdown pass from Erik Zmuidins and later returning a fumble 77 yards for a score. Lombardo had 149 yards rushing and a touchdown on 14 carries, caught four passes for 59 yards and a score and made six tackles. Zmuidins threw for 158 yards and four touchdowns, and Matt Deiana had 109 yards combined and two scores.

6. Nick Mainiero, Croton-Harmon: There were plenty out there who doubted the Tigers could beat Bronxville. But, when Mainiero plays the way he did, not many teams can beat them. The senior quarterback completed 3 of 4 passes for 102 yards and two scores, and rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries as Croton denied Bronxville’s upset bid in Class C with a 35-20 victory. Mainiero also had seven tackles and a sack on defense.

5. Tyler Thomas, Pleasantville: He’s not the flashiest. But if you’re going to make a list of the steadiest and most consistent quarterbacks in the area, Thomas should definitely be on it. The senior was efficient as ever in Friday’s Class B quarterfinal win over Ardsley, completing 5 of 6 passes for 148 yards and three touchdowns, all to Jack Bramswig, in the 43-7 rout for the top-seeded Panthers. In the past five games, Thomas has completed 74-percent of his passes and averaged 116.8 yards. He has thrown eight touchdowns in that span, and the interception he threw against Briarcliff two weeks ago was his only pick of the season.

The next three Game Balls will be handed out tomorrow night (around the same time), and the Player and Coach of the Week will be announced on Wednesday’s Varsity Central Live at 7:30 p.m.Â

This entry was posted on Monday, October 27th, 2008 at 7:25 pm by Kevin Devaney Jr..
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8 Responses to “Game Balls: Nos. 7-5”

bcliff bears October 27th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Cmon Tyler Thomas. Give me a break. Tim Orr deserved to be on this list pleanty of times.
A Fan October 28th, 2008 at 5:23 am
Run up the score. Get a game ball. Nice.
A Fan October 28th, 2008 at 5:24 am
Run up the score. Get a game ball. Nice!
gxl October 28th, 2008 at 5:56 am
A Fan, were you even at the game?
A Fan October 28th, 2008 at 6:18 am
62 – 12 Scored by the starters not the scout team. In the third quarter no less. There was no point before that to give the scout team some playing time?
pacfan October 28th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Autera has to be #1. He’s the tri state player of the week.
THE 12th MAN October 28th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
there will PLENTY of milk being chugged in the stands this saturday night.

K DUBBZ GUARUNTEE
THE 12th MAN October 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
if only i didn’t spell guarantee wrong there…. whoops

anyway… big lombats = MVP

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