In a bizarre two-part football match that was cut short Friday night by a power outage, Rye Boys Varsity Football returned to Nugent Stadium at 10am on Saturday to finish polishing John Jay Cross River. The Garnets ended with a glowing 28-6 win and will host Mahopac Friday night in the team’s advance. The winner of that game plays for the championship.
It was the first such two-part game at Nugent played by Rye Boys Varsity Football Coach Dino Garr, although he did recall an away game at Somers a few years ago that was also blacked-out. Rye returned to Somers the next morning and won that game too. One part or two, Garr was happy with the result from Friday night and Saturday morning.
“Our secondary -Caleb Wexler and Rafferty McSweeney – did a great job of playing tough man-to-man,” said Garr. “The same thing is true with Sam Mead. Our secondary was why we were so successful.”
“Mason McComb and Jack Garnett were just outstanding both on the run and the pass play. Our line play with Teddy Berkery and Bobby Townsend and (Charlie) Saurack did a great job.”
Other game highlights included:
Defense Stats
Jack Garnett : 13 tackles, I blocked Extra Point
Sam Mead: 6 tackles
Carter Barford: 5 tackles
Caleb Wexler 4 tackles, 1 INT
Teddy Berkery: 3 tackles
Kian McCarthy: 3 tackles
Aiden Cunningham: 2 tackles
Charlie Saurak: 2 tackles
Ryan Surhoff: 1 tackles, 1 INT
Rafferty McSweeney: 1 INT
Ben Poole: 1 tackle
Finn Aherns: 1 tackle
Bobby Townsend: 1 tackle
Jack McRedmond: 1 tackle
Will Fairhurt: 1 tackle
Geovanni Cavatoni: 1 tackle
Offense Stats
Owen pass 7/11 140y 3td
Rushing
Luke 21/58y
Carter 5/46
Caden 8/30
Owen 9/33 and 1 td
Mason 1/1
Recvg
Carter 1/55 and td
Luke 1/19 and td
Mason 2/37 and td
Surhoff 1/9
Teddy 2/20
Watch the replay from Friday night and from Saturday morning.
The winner of the game next Friday night at 7pm versus Mahopac will play the winner of Somers vs. Pelham for the championship. On the Mahopac game “It’s going to be tough,” said Garr. “It’s going to be a big physical game and they have some great athletes.”
