The CHSFL will hold its semifinals this weekend, one of which will be played this afternoon in New Rochelle. Iona Prep will seek revenge for its only loss of the season when it meets Chaminade, which beat the Gaels at home 34-31 in September.
I’m up in Syracuse, but my colleague Phil Terrigno will be on hand to cover the game. He’ll have updates on Twitter @philterrigno and I’ll pass them along as well.
We’ll post a recap of the game afterward with stats and reaction. Check back for that this afternoon.
Saturday’s games -
CHSFL AAA semifinals
Chaminade 41, Iona Prep 16
GAME RECAP
CHSFL AAA semifinal
Chaminade 41, Iona Prep 16: In their last meeting on Sept. 22, it took a fourth quarter comeback for Chaminade to edge Iona Prep. In the CHSFL AAA semifinal at the second-seeded Gaels, a consistent and forceful effort pushed the third-seeded Flyers past host Iona Prep 41-16.
Chaminade junior quarterback Sean Cerrone passed for four touchdowns and
Robert Speranza had rushing touchdowns of 59 and 31 yards for the Flyers.
”(Cerrone) had a terrific day,” Iona Prep coach Vic Quirolo said. “He is a
terrific player. They¹re tough and he makes them go.”
Chaminade advanced to the CHSFL title game and will face the winner of No. 1 St. Anthony’s and No. 4 St. Joseph by-the-Sea Dec. 2 at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale.
The Gaels dealt with losing seniors Mike Barbuto and Austin Jones to injury
during the contest.
“We were mixed up in the coverage, we lost Mike Barbuto and he is the one
that makes all of the (defensive) calls,” Iona Prep linebacker Alex Raimondi said.
Senior Quarterback Mario Biaggi accounted for both of the Gaels’ touchdowns
with runs of 10 and 60 yards apiece.
“It’s about how much you want it,” Biaggi said. “You can talk about X’s and
O’s all you want but if you want to get a touchdown and break off for a
touchdown, you do it.”
Biaggi threw an interception in the third quarter on a deep ball in the
middle of the field that he launched as he was getting hit.
“I was looking at the safety and I couldn¹t really tell where he was going,” Biaggi said. “He made a good play and I threw it up too late. That’s on me.”
Christian Knapp hit a 21-yard field goal for Iona Prep.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, Dec. 1
CHSFL AAA championship
At Mitchel Athletic Complex, Uniondale:
No. 1 St. Anthony’s vs. No. 3 Chaminade, 4 p.m.
45 Comments
IONA PREP WILL NOT BE DENIED THE CHANCE TO PERFORM ON THE BIGGEST SPORTS STAGE IN NEW YORK CITY.
IONA PREP HAS TO MUCH FIREPOWER
Thats cool the Championship game is at Yankee Staduim. I might have to attend
I was going to attend the game but it is too cold and windy out there. At game time the live feed will begin, here is the link:
http://www.msgvarsity.com/live-game-primer-chaminade-at-iona-prep-1.1269672
Hornell’s win streak is in grave danger,down 13 under 3 min left.Second longest in country in 11 man football!!!!!GO NEW RO
Major breakdowns in the Iona secondary. Kids look confused and blowing coverages. First time I watched Iona and they look solid on the defensive front but terrible on the backside.
VERY DISAPPOINTING LOSE,IONA PREP NEVER SHOWED UP,WOW
Tough, tough loss for Iona. Particularly when they had so much talent this year. Bad time to play their worst game of the year.
Chaminade played a great game – better than they played against Iona the first time and better than vs St As. Cerrone the qb was 10/12 for 207yds and 4 tds. Zenker their 6’4 220lb Wr was outstanding. As much as St As has improved this year, I think Cham has a real chance to win next week if they play like they played today.
Let’s go new Ro! We gotta get one win this weekend.
Terrible performance. Coaching was very questionable on the fake punt. Defensive secondary breakdowns is something that the coaches need to explain. Chaminade came out ready to play and were more physical played with more effort and wanted it more.
What happened to Iona??
Yes, Iona Power, the Iona coaching was poor throughout. That fake punt with 2 minutes to go in the half and around your 20 yard line was suicidal. I saw the Iona QB throwing the ball deep too often with the swirling winds the he was not accurate. Better off throwing some screens and dinks and dunks. Chaminade was given a gift on those blown coverages with no one within 10 yards of the receivers. Iona defensive front was excellent but they can’t cover the back end too.
As the game went on stars from IONA prep started getting hurt,their 2 starting we,where not at full strength,no excuses,IONA played like it was cold and windy,no killer instinct,just going through the motions,good year,but they did not live up to expectations,hard,hard,lose
IONA
CHAM TOTALLY DOMINATED THE GAME!!!...
Sir… SisophousNovember 24th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Major breakdowns in the Iona secondary. Kids look confused and blowing coverages. First time I watched Iona and they look solid on the defensive front but terrible on the backside
SIR… IONA GOT OUT COACHED TODAY!!!.....
RS3. Sir Sisophous the ThirdNovember 24th, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Yes, Iona Power, the Iona coaching was poor throughout. That fake punt with 2 minutes to go in the half and around your 20 yard line was suicidal. I saw the Iona QB throwing the ball deep too often with the swirling winds the he was not accurate. Better off throwing some screens and dinks and dunks. Chaminade was given a gift on those blown coverages with no one within 10 yards of the receivers. Iona defensive front was excellent but they can’t cover the back end t
I TOTALL Y AGREE.. THE DEPARTURE OF COACH WILLIAMS SHOWED TODAY!!...
WHO REMEMBER ME SAYING COACH WILLIAMS DEPARTURE WOULD SHOW UP IN THE MOST CRITICAL TIME OF THE SEASON!!.. WELL IT SHOWED TODAY!!!
HOOPS
IONA WAS SHUT DOWN!!.. TOTALLY GREAT DEFENSIVE SCHEME!!.. #TRAP GAME!!
IonaPowerNovember 24th, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Terrible performance. Coaching was very questionable on the fake punt. Defensive secondary breakdowns is something that the coaches need to explain. Chaminade came out ready to play and were more physical played with more effort and wanted it more.
IONA…CHAM WAS MORE PHYSICAL AND WANTED 25 POINTS MORE!!!
Chaminade looked great today. They have a great shot against st Anthony’s next week. The fake punt made no sense. The risk-reward just did not add up. Should have been 13-10 at the half.
HOOPS
AND YOU STILL THINK THATS THE BEST SECONDARY IN WESTCHESTER!!!... GIVE ME A BREAK!!.. NEW RO HAS THE BEST DEFENSE IN WESTCHESTER AND THE BEST SECONDARY!!..
NEW RO IS THE BEST TEAM IN WESTCHESTER,
HOOPS/IONA
HELLO, WHERE ARE YOU!!.. WE HAVE FOOTBALL TO DISCUSS!!...
WHERE ARE THE STANDS;
IT’S CUTE TO GO TO A GAME IN THE FALL AND SIT ON GRASS,BUT WHEN IT GETS COLD AND THE WIND STARTS BLOWING,WHO WANTS TO SIT ON A GRASSY HILL,IONA PREP NEEDS TO INVEST IN SOME STANDS,I FELT SORRY FOR THE OLDER PEOPLE,WOW
Rotten TomatoNovember 19th, 2012 at 10:37 am
Xaverain is horrible!!! If Iona Prep was in Class A, they MIGHT make the playoffs. Pok, Somers, Harrison, and Yorktown would give IP a run for the money IMO
THIS MIGHT BE TRUE AFTER WATCHING TODAY’S GAME!!.. NOT SURE IF IONA CAN HANDLE BEING PUNCHED IN THE MOUTH!!.. THEY HAD NO ANSWER FOR IT TODAY!!! ...
Haywood, I am not sure they have the room to put stands on the hill side. They could likely fit it on the street side. People walk their dogs there after school hours and I have seen a turd or two on that hillside that were not cleaned up. Not only do they have to deal with the cold and wind but feces as well.
Where is hoops and Iona!!!!!
IONA NEEDS TO DIG OUT THE HILL AND PUT STANDS THERE
Lets go new Ro!!!
Prince
I commented on the game earlier. I said Iona was best by a very good chaminade team. I see you are relishing the fact that the local chsfl team got beat by a Long Island school. Way to stay classy
Iona
I’m not relishing!! You are being sour grapes!!... You
Lets hear now how iona can beat new rochelle yeah right. Back to winning seven on seen scrimages. To much hype .
I DO NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS IONA GETTING THEIR BUTS KICKED OR THE GAME IN TOTAL….BUT I WAS SO BORED THAT I PREFERED WATCHING THE HORNELL VS HOOSICK FALLS GAME ,,,,,A GAME WITH EXCITEMENT AND TALENT
I did not see this one coming, I had Iona winning by 2 scores. They just got run over today, tough way to end a very good season. Somehow they looked tired? Possibly intimidated. Too bad, I would have liked to see Iona in the finals.
Scary,
Cham is a mean nasty team and they clearly came ready today. Stephen Boyd the former BC all American lb and Detroit Lion does a great job with that program. After watching the game today, they might be the best staff in chsfl. I’m not surprised that Cham played so well, I am surprised Iona didn’t play better. Iona’s secondary really didn’t play well,but it didn’t help with bar to out and cooper banged up.
scaryNovember 24th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
I did not see this one coming, I had Iona winning by 2 scores. They just got run over today, tough way to end a very good season. Somehow they looked tired? Possibly intimidated. Too bad, I would have liked to see Iona in the finals.
SACRY I BEEN SAYING ALL WEEK THIS IS VERY TOUGH GAME AND IONA CAN VERY EASY LOSE IT!!.. AND THEY DID!!.. ITHINK THEY WHERE LOOKING FOR SINT ANTS!!.. AND CHAM KNOCK THEM RIGHT OFF THERE FEET!!... YOU GUYS REMEMBER ME SAYING THEY GOING TO MISS COACH WILLIAMS!!.. TODAY IT SHOWED!! BIG TIME!!.. THE COACHES GOT OUT COACHED!!
Hoops fanNovember 24th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
Scary,
Cham is a mean nasty team and they clearly came ready today. Stephen Boyd the former BC all American lb and Detroit Lion does a great job with that program. After watching the game today, they might be the best staff in chsfl. I’m not surprised that Cham played so well, I am surprised Iona didn’t play better. Iona’s secondary really didn’t play well,but it didn’t help with bar to out and cooper banged up
BAR WENT OUT THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE AND THEY HAD GIVEN UP A COUPLE OF BIG PASS PLAYS!!... THEY WHER OUT COACHED TODAY THATS THE HONEST TRUTH!! THEY NEVER STOP CHAM FROM RUNNING THE BALL EITHER!!.. AND IONA DIN’T REALLY GET ANYTHING GOING PASSING THE BALL!!
PPR,
I don’t think Iona losing today had anything to do with looking past Cham. I think Iona wanted revenge badly, but Cham came out on fire and Iona couldn’t respond. Ionas big line was very good, but cham’s d line was not able to be pushed around and cham’s defensive scheme was excellent.
New Ro/Cham would’ve been a great one to watch today, both teams played inspired football.
HOOPS
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAYING!!.. BUT WATCHING THAT GAME I REALLY BELIEVE IONA DID NOT WANT TO FIGHT TO WIN!!... CHAM WANTED TO FIGHT FIRST AND WIN SECOND!!.. THEY BELIEVED IF WE CAME HERE TO FIGHT WINNING WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT’S SELF!!... AND THEY WHERE 100% RIGHT!!... IONA WAS BEATEN IN ASPECT OF THE GAME
TEMPO
DESIRE
TOUGHNESS
SPEED
HUSTLE
PHYSICALNESS
EXECUTION
YOU NAME IT IONA LOST AT IT!!...
HOOPS
IONA WOULD LOSE THAT GAME 10 OUT OF 10 TIMES IF WAS PLAYED THE SAME WAY!!.. TOO MANY BREAKDOWNS IN THE SECONDARY, TO MANY BAD PLAYS CALLED, TO MANY MISSED TACKLE, TO MANY GETTING BLOWN OFF THE BALL AT THE POINT OF ATTACK!!...
PS IONA LINE IS VERY BIG!!.. BUT THEY DID NOT LOOK LIKE THEY MEAN AND TOUGH TODAY!!.. CHMAINADE OWN THAT AWARD!!..
HOOPS
CHAMINADE AND NEW RO WOULD BE A GOOD GAME!!.. BUT I THINK NEW RO EDGE THEM!!.. SHAKER WAS BIGGER OR JUST AS BIG MEAN AND NASTY AND NEW RO BANGED WITH THEM ORCHARD WAS BIGGER AND NEW RO DISMANTLED THEM
I THINK IF NEW RO PLAYED NORTH BERGEN AGAIN THEY BEAT NORTH BERGEN 28-7 AT THE LEAST!!
I am so sorry to see a New Rochelle team not advance to the finals. Iona had a great season, and I hope they relize they did make New Ro proud.
Best of luck next year, all of real New Ro fans root for ALL NEW ROCHELLE TEAMS!
I know you are glad that the “Purple Wave” did our city proud today!
Keep your heads high and be gald your able to be part of a great sport!
Hoops
I thought Iona looked like the physically larger team. They just came out and knocked Iona around, IP looked flat from the first quarter on. Cham is a smashmouth team, very tough.
PPR,
The breakdowns in the secondary were just shocking to me. I know Barbuto was banged up and Cooper was limping around with a bad ankle – but the lapses weren’t physically being beat, it was just blown assignments.
OP was big, but they sure weren’t mean or nasty. I didn’t see Shaker/New Ro game.
Cham/New Ro would be awesome if both teams were playing like they did yesterday.
Biaggi also had an off day throwing the ball. I’m trying to think if it was just good D scheming from Cham or bad decisions for Biaggi. The deep INT was just a bad decision, but on a few other routes his throws seemed a bit off – where he is normally very accurate.
In fairness to Biaggi, Cooper and Jones were limping around – clearly that changed Iona’s downfield passing game. Iona doesn’t use a TE and their primary receiver became the Jr Aviles who was not a major target all year. I think Cooper and Jones being hobbled was a large part of the amount of screens they were throwing. Cham’s D was all over Cooper and Jones.
Also worth saying Cham’s D coaches called a great game. You gotta like Stephen Boyd as a coach – he as an All American LB at BC and a longtime pro with the Lions – he seems to spend the whole game swaggering around the sideline chomping on gum and getting his guys fired up. It seems clear his team has taken on some of that swagger of their own – that was a supremely confident team yesterday. Its particularly impressive to see a team so outwardly confident when they are going up a team that is even more talented – thats a great job by the coaches.
scary November 25th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Hoops
I thought Iona looked like the physically larger team. They just came out and knocked Iona around, IP looked flat from the first quarter on. Cham is a smashmouth team, very tough.
Scary!!... I agree!.. Iona was not built for that type of fight!!..
Hoops fan November 25th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
PPR,
The breakdowns in the secondary were just shocking to me. I know Barbuto was banged up and Cooper was limping around with a bad ankle – but the lapses weren’t physically being beat, it was just blown assignments.
OP was big, but they sure weren’t mean or nasty. I didn’t see Shaker/New Ro game.
Cham/New Ro would be awesome if both teams were playing like they did yesterday.
HOOPS THE BREAK DOWN IN THE SECONDARY SHOCKING!! The players looked confused several times!!.. Not sure why so much confusion!!
Hoops!.. O/park was labeled big and nasty!.. I’m not sure why!! I gues because the beat aquinas, Jamestown and CBA!! But what I can say it looked like new Ro was just 2 step ahead of them!!..
Cham vs new Ro!! New Ro speed would be a problem for them!! Like I said to u before!! New Ro is faster then Iona and new Ro skill players as a group is better then Iona!!
Another one of iona’s hype teams goes down.