The stage has been cleared tonight for Class B, which will host both of its semifinals at 7. The winners will play a week from tomorrow night at Mahopac.
I’ll be at Parkway Field in Pleasantville to see the Panthers host Nanuet. You can find my updates @LoHudInsider. Mike Dougherty will be in Poughkeepsie as Lourdes tries to end Croton’s two-plus year reign as Class B champ. You can find Mike’s updates @hoopsmbd.
There are also nine other games on the slate tonight, including some pretty good matchups. I’ll have final scores and recaps of all of tonight’s action afterward tonight, so log in for the details.
Enjoy the football!
Friday’s games —
Class B semifinals:
Our Lady of Lourdes 25, Croton-Harmon 0
Pleasantville 16, Nanuet 14
Other games:
Peekskill 20, Blind Brook 14
Byram Hills 17, Lakeland 14
Rye 21, Spring Valley 0
Putnam Valley 30, Edgemont 17
Ramapo 40, Ketcham 32
Yorktown 56, John Jay 33
Carmel 35, Suffern 20
Arlington 33, Mount Vernon 0
Tappan Zee 41, Port Chester 6
GAME RECAPS
Class B semifinal
Pleasantville 16, Nanuet 14: At Parkway field in Pleasantville, Anthony Godino went 17 for 28 for 200 yards and two touchdowns to lead the second-seeded Panthers. He hit Owen Reda and James Leyden for scores in the first half to give the Panthers a 16-0 lead at halftime. Greg Drillock finished with five receptions for 101 yards.
“We were hitting it early and I was getting hot, so we just kept going to it and going to it, trying to eventually open up the run,” said Godino, a junior. “In the second half, we came out and tried to pound the ball.”
Their defense held third-seeded Nanuet to just 17 yards on 13 plays in the first half and didn’t allow a first down until midway through the third quarter. Drillock, Reda and Patrick Bathon all had interceptions in the second half, but Nanuet rallied in the final minutes. Pete Smith scored its first touchdown with 2:33 remaining to cut the deficit to 16-6. Just 19 seconds later – and after the Golden Knights recovered an onside kick – sophomore quarterback Matt Carney hit Cody Fitzgerald for a 25-yard touchdown and ran in the two-point conversion.
“It looked like it was spiraling out of control right before my eyes,” Pleasantville coach Tony Becerra said. “It was like living a bad dream.”
Nanuet trailed 16-14 and failed to recover the ensuing onside kick. It regained possession with 36 seconds left and Carney quickly completed two passes down to the Pleasantville 27. His final pass was knocked down near the goal line as time expired.
“We were fighting for our lives,” said Nanuet coach Phil Carbone, whose team played without starting QB Ryan Hanney. “And that’s what happens when you fight for your life.”
Our Lady of Lourdes 25, Croton-Harmon 0: At Overlook Park in Poughkeepsie, top-seeded Lourdes defeated Croton, the two-time defending Class B champ. Andrew Bulson ran for 275 yards and three touchdowns. Christian Keenan returned an interception 42 yards for a score in the final seconds of the third quarter.
Croton remained close after the first half, trailing just 6-0. The defense forced Lourdes to turn the ball over on downs three times in the first half.
“At halftime, we thought we had the game,” Croton’s Alex Starr said. “We thought we’d come out and make it happen, but they came at us real fired up and we came out a little flat.”
Bulson doubled Lourdes’ lead on a 53-yard touchdown and Keenan followed up with his interception return. Jacob Weigard sacked Tigers’ quarterback Ben Gelfand three times.
A rash of injuries and illnesses forced Croton to play with just one regular starter on the offensive line (Alex Bowser).
“What they accomplished here tonight was phenomenal,” said head coach John Catano.
Tappan Zee 41, Port Chester 6: At Tappan Zee, Joe Letizia had 24 rushes for 260 yards and two touchdowns, all in the first half. In the first quarter, the senior became the first Rockland County player to surpass 4,000 career rushing yards. He now has 4,234 yards with one game remaining next week against the winner of John Jay and Yorktown.
Letizia has now scored 55 total touchdowns in his career. He broke the Rockland record for both touchdowns and scoring, which were previously held by Clarkstown South’s Jim Cann. Cann scored 52 touchdowns and 321 points.
Carlos Aponte added 49 yards and a touchdown rushing and caught a 37-yard touchdown from Guiseppe Maddalena. Pat Walpole returned an interception 53 yards for a touchdown. Dillon Frame had a sack and a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
Peekskill 20, Blind Brook 14: At Blind Brook, Ramon Searight had 20 carries for 236 yards, including touchdown runs of 57 and 68 yards. He also caught an 18-yard touchdown from his brother Tyrone. Peekskill also stopped Blind Brook at the 3-yard line as time expired after the Trojans drove 90 yards in the final minutes.
Byram Hills 17, Lakeland 14: At Lakeland, Ian Rawn rushed for 139 yards, including a 45-yard score with 2:53 remaining. Brady Condron then blocked a field goal as time expired that would’ve tied the game. Anthony Kaplan scored on a 14-yard run to give Lakeland a 14-10 lead with 4:30 left in the game. Byram will play Nyack next week and Lakeland will meet Beacon.
Putnam Valley 30, Edgemont 17: At Putnam Valley, the Tigers won their fifth straight after an 0-3 start. Mike Walsh rushed for two touchdowns and Alex Bronzo rushed for one and caught a 34-yard screen pass from Zack Nolan for another score. Putnam Valley will meet the winner of Ardsley and Westlake next week. Edgemont will face the loser of that game.
Arlington 33, Mount Vernon 0: At Arlington, the Admirals won their first game of the season. Brandon Tobin threw a touchdown and recovered a blocked punt in the end zone. Kyle Dingman passed and rushed for touchdowns. Arlington will play Rye next week
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, Nov. 3
Class B championship
At Mahopac High School:
No. 1 Our Lady of Lourdes (8-0) vs. No. 2 Pleasantville (6-2), 8 p.m.
147 Comments
Lourdes RB and QB did not play. RB played a little safty on D
Arlington should win by 2 tds
Mariano 12 carries -100 yrds 2 td
10-13 150-2-td
One INT FOR TD
Not bad night for a LAX player-Go Jake Marino Harrison win a chip so u and Nick can TALK football at UMASS
The wrong teams are in the plyoffs
RDI… That is false about Arlington. The matchups are predetermined. It has nothing to do with Arlington resorting to anything.
This game will be a tough test for a young Rye team. This is the first Rye team not to make the playoffs in 18 years and getting a shot against a big AA school like Arlington will be a great learning experience for them. Ive been told that the Admirals are much better than their record and were very competitive all year including in games against NewRochelle and Poughkeepsie.
Death to the piner system!
#FireSection1
“should be JJEF kids” LOLOLOL.
Lourdes STOLE them, I bet.
Thank you Prince.Tomorrows prediction??
what does that mean ? take that Jimmy clark…..................?
Clark and that staff Mamoza keeps that program alive…...........................if they dont coach there that program becomes a 2-7 team every year mark my words, those kid are use to competing at a high level, because of the coaches….....................they had 9 injuries before that game started…....................Clark is a smart coach, had to with an Ad who ran the piner, did not have officials for his game, hey chief/whatever you are, how about dealing with the guy who screwed up the piner every Monday morning….............and not having officials for a 7pm game.
aLL THE COACHES AND ad’S SHOULD BE BLAMED FOR THIS PINER SCREW UP!
This has been an educationally unsound event for kids and coaches, ioncluding down to the matchups for teams that did not make the playoffs. Its like telling a kid and teacher after the teacher taught the student and the student received a 95 on the regents after 12 weeks of class, that the teacher has to re-teach the info and the kid has to do better than a 95…..........teams not making the playoffs that deserve to and matchup games, Carmel/Suffern, Ramapo Ketcham, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
One question for Mel Carozza, Sanunders coach and former AD in many places.
all said and done…............................not as a coach, as a proffessional in the field of athletics,,,,,,,,WAS THIS SYSTEM FAIR? and if it wasnt, Why nothing said from the get go?
Who reffed the JJ game? Did real refs ever show up?
JJ always has excuses!! this team and program never gets it done.
R D I , corection the lineman are not Ef kids,
Excuses…..they will play anyone at anytime! and not complain about, but lets ask the developmental teams….............oh ya, i remember now, they threatened to leave section 1 if they did not have one would say more comp. schedule, i would say easier, i would also say, work harder on the off-season if you want to leg. play with the big boys, nothing was ever just given to JJ, when clark took over they were actually in AA, playing carmel, mahopac,
You know, its just wrong what has happen, its a joke, i use be upset when MSG , never really gave any true love to section one football, and they alwys highlight NJ CT, and even the City, 7 LI, its a joke thats why dont blame them.
hey coaches…...........LI is not in the NYS playoff system
At the end of the year, some kids are tired of football. The score may not mean that much in these BOWL games. My son plays football and he is ready for the season to end. They arent in the playoffs, no sense of urgency. Seniors may not be driven because there is nothing at stake. Bowl games can be misleading….
Boots Marching ….Boots Marching…. Can you dig it?
ROB,
GOOD LUCK IN THE “CHIP”
Toledom, jenn Simmons must go… Stop protecting her!
Ad at jjcr should be stripped of his sect 1 football duties and given to Louie d!!!! If he has time..
RDI
lourdes stud lineman (brennan) is a arlington kid. fyi, jjef was gonna play lourdes three years ago but lourdes backed out and they did play rye the year before
Jimmy Clark should be coach of the year!!
Just
Does it seem like all the #1 teams Have the hardest road to the chip???... I always thought the #1 teams where rewarded for there hard work during the regular season!!!
The reason sec1 is a mess!.... 1) some wOuld like to change it to a real format!.. 2) some would like to keep it the good ole boys way!!..
@toledotom
the system was agreed to by all the coaches. everyone knew the deal before the season began (ALL THE COACHES). did teams better than saunders not qualify, YES, THAT IS TRUE. but stop ripping everyone affiliated with saunders for playing their schedule and making it in, ITS A SYSTEM THAT ALL AGREED TO INCLUDING THE YORKTOWN AND JJCR COACHES. for the hundredth time, its all irrelevant, the best teams are harrison somers POK and one of them were going to win it. you guys continuing to cry about that makes me sick to my stomach. get over it.
what did you want us to do? say no thanks we dont want to compete against the best and TRY? were trying to send our kids a message of achieving goals, being mentally tough and to accept all challenges, such as playing a much more talented team. u can bash all you want, we are proud of saunders, its even a down year (talent wise) for our own standards, the kids over achieved and beat teams such as spring valley and port chester that would normally whip us, we were losing match up games against 0-8 teams 30-0. maybe a little success at the school and a new turf field will filter in all the talent and we can compete, and maybe that doesnt happen, either way we wont cry about a schedule and we will go with it. SAUNDERS!
Just heard a rumor…..Hen hud vs Pough. next week…..section one should be ashamed of itself trying to portray this game as a bowl. It s not worth the price of admission. Pough can and will pick its score. Good luck sailors
John Jay cr proved last night defense wins titles. cant give up 56 to a team that got destroyed by poughkeepsei and complain about not making playoffs.
Thank You Haywood.
4 of 5 are not jj/ef kids… our magical pide piper cannot get out that far to recruit your children….mwah, hahahaha… he has sore feet. I know in my heart if Lourdes dissolved their Varsity team all the dutchess public schools would be undefeated. Truly, no really I’m serious…
Your right, not posting after this comment, in no way am i attacking kids, players, never would i, but coaches yes, your first comment …............Saunders blue, compete against the best and try….......i understand, but that was the playoffs, of course with that statement, i’m talking about the reg. Season schedule….......hhow could you not admit, that the entire piner process or what they call the piner process was done wrong! it was Wrong.
does anyone even know why and what the piner system was suppose to do for teams and leagues, its sole purpose, I do, and it did not
Some teams were suppose to finish 7-2 and 6-3 and not make the playoffs, something to build on, to compete, and build for year two and year three, not righ off the bat! be a struggling program, and play below 500 teams and boom be in the playoffs,
The Piner did not serve, true piner….............was not impleneted, and should of not been called piner.
I’m done, wasted enough time with Section 1 football.
and by all means did not need to offend any kids, hey you get the schedule you play the games, all i was aking is its all dsaid and done, ad was it truly fair and correct, was it good for football, or was it just a quick fix for programs and coaches this year, is this something that should stand the test of time?
Toledotom,
signing off
“PRINCE PERFORMING AS PPR!!!October 27th, 2012 at 10:25 am
Just
Does it seem like all the #1 teams Have the hardest road to the chip???... I always thought the #1 teams where rewarded for there hard work during the regular season!!!
”
Prince, exactly!!!!! Makes no sense. Saunders in the playoffs… MAKES NO SENSE!!!
And yet some people do not get it. Why?
@just how many times are u going to repeat the same thing. jjcr crying about not making the playoffs n than giving up 56 to a non playoff team, go get some tissue. everyone agreed to the system, what part of that dont u get? including the coaches..do u understand or are u still having a hard time putting this process together? everyone still crying about POK playing harrison in the first round, get over it. go cry to the coaches (who are also crying) and blame them for agreeing to this system prior to the start of the season. @just go get a life and stop crying about high school football
have you never seen a #1 seed in any pro sport gain a tough draw because of the records? say a #1 seed playing a more difficult opponent than the #2 or #3 seed? of course! every year! every sport! STOP CRYING
Yorktown is a playoff team. Should have been in. If anyone argues against that they are wrong. Pre-Season #3. Lost to two teams ranked higher then them. Play a difficult schedule. They proved it last night. Piner is awful.
What a game!! As I predicted that was one the best games all year in section 1 and most likely the best finish. A great game, between 2 great teams. Wow. Can’t wait for next weekend
why so much hate for jimmy clark? i played for him and hes actually a great guy. shut your mouth when it comes people and issues you know nothing about.
LOOK Gentlemen,
At the end of the year, some kids are tired of football. The score may not mean that much in these BOWL games. My son plays football and he is ready for the season to end. They arent in the playoffs, no sense of urgency. Seniors may not be driven because there is nothing at stake. Bowl games can be misleading….
38 you can’t be from Harrison….
CARMEL HAS BEEN A STRUGGLING TEAM THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IS COACH WEST THERE STILL?
Its a real shame that jj was not up to the task after losing to town in lax finals. Maybe Timmy Schurr should be coaching the defense for Clark!!
Brentwood Nation
38 is definitely not from Harrison. Tired of football. LOL. This is when the fun begins!!!
Goooooo Hussssskies!!!!
38October 27th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
LOOK Gentlemen,
At the end of the year, some kids are tired of football. The score may not mean that much in these BOWL games. My son plays football and he is ready for the season to end. They arent in the playoffs, no sense of urgency. Seniors may not be driven because there is nothing at stake. Bowl games can be misleading….
wow – excuses
Saunders blue how many times u going to use get a life???lololollol!!!
Way to represent in the playoffs!!!!!! You guys almost won!!!!!
Saunders Blue, how are you able to move around with such a massive chip on your shoulder?
Go yorktown! So proud of this group! No home field… Unfairly stripped of playoffs… No officials…... 6-2 Town is all class from top to bottom. Congrats to a great program. Keep your heads up. Great victory over jay!
Hey Blue think what Ytown would have put up on you,26 total yards are youkidding me.
lourdes is heavy favorite saturday , especially everyone is back and healthy