The Rye Football team will look for a bounceback performance in Week 5 as they host Nyack at Nugent Stadium. The contest kicks off at 7:00pm at Nugent Stadium tomorrow, Friday, October 9. The Garnets enter the matchup at 3-2, while Nyack comes in with a 2-3 ledger.
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For the game preview, we turn to the Steve “The OG” Feeney, the voice of Garnet football:
RYE’S GARNET & BLACK HOST THE BLACK & RED of the NYACK RED HAWKS (F/K/A INDIANS) – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9 at 7:00PM at NUGENT STADIUM
The Garnets host long-ago Rockland County adversary, the NYACK RED HAWKS, formerly known as the Indians. Teepee tales tell us that many moons ago these braves fearfully populated the Garnets schedules on an annual frequency. Long-standing fans recall the famous “Carlucci Theft” wherein Rye’s Joey Carlucci stole the pigskin from the grasp of the Indian halfback, reversed course and scampered 60 yards for the winning score. Ever since, wins have been sparse for the cross-Hudson invaders.
In recent years, covering both regular season games and playoff contests, Rye, with superior weaponry, have caged the Indian Hawks and extended Rye’s series dominance to 18-5-0 (.783).
It will be a monochromatic experience Friday night as both teams sport uniforms of red, black and white. The Nyack Red Hawks soar into Nugent with talons primed for an upset of the Rye Garnets. But on Friday night, it is the Garnets who feather their Nugent nest. While the Audubon Society may say climate change is a threat to the Red Hawk’s survival, the Old Garnet counters that hawk habitats are safer on the Rockland side of the Hudson and the Nyack warriors should stay home.
GARNETS GASH THE NYACK RED HAWKS – 27-13
