Rye Boys Varsity Football was edged by Somers 26-23 on Friday night in a game that could have easily gone either way. Rye will travel to Section 9 Middletown High School next Friday for a 6pm game versus Minisink Valley.
“We made some big plays, they made some big plays and in the end they just had one more big play than we did,” Rye Boys Varsity Football Coach Dino Garr told MyRye.com. “I don’t think many people felt we had a chance but I thought we could have won the game.”
“We had a couple of miscues,” said Garr. “We had to start twice on the one yard line – plays that should have never gotten to that point.”
Other game highlights:
Defense
Jack Garnett : 9 tackles. 2 TFL
Ted Berkery: 6 tackles, 1 TFL
Sam Mead: 6 tackles, 1 TFL
Ryan Surhoff: 5 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 Forced fumble, 1 Blocked Punt
Caleb Wexler: 5 tackles, 1 TFL
Carter Barford: 4 tackles: 1 TFL, 1 forced fumble
Charles Saurak: 4 tackles, 1 TFL
Aiden Cunningham: 3 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 Block Extra Point
Raf McSweeney: 2 tackles, 1 TFL, 2 Pass Breakups
Mason McComb, 1 tackle, 1 Fumble recovery
Jack McRedmond: 1 tackles, 1 safety
Will Bainbridge: 1 tackles, 1 TFL
Finn Aherns: 1 tackle, 1 Forced Fumble
Michael Lavelle: 1 tackle
Luke Goldszer: 1 tackle
Offense
Rushing
Caden 17/97 and 1 TD
Owen 6/30 (excludes 6 sacks for minus 34)
Carter 2/3
PJ 1/0
Passing
Owen 13/26 for 219 and 2 TD
Receiving
McRed 3/154 and 2 TD
Surhoff 4/39
Cole 2/8
Caden 3/16
Teddy 1/2
Asked about his assessment of the Minisink Valley match-up next Friday, Coach Garr said “They’re a tough rugged team. They are big and strong – you know everybody is bigger than us – when you get to this level its going to be quality teams playing each other.”
Watch the replay of Friday night’s game. Or watch some video highlights:
Somers and Rye went toe to toe like 2 heavyweights in the Class A Final with the Tuskers pulling out a 26-23 win. If you couldn’t see the action because of the fog here you go. @SomersFootball @somerstdownclub @garnet_football @RyeAthletics pic.twitter.com/yEroYrKLMB
— Pete Ruf (@PeteRuf12) November 13, 2021
You can’t see everything. And you might want to turn the volume down a bit. But these Somers-Rye highlights from the LocalLive broadcast prove just how wild the Section 1 Class A championship was.
Fun to relive this game tonight on @locallivenet pic.twitter.com/FaD89gVINP
— Kevin Devaney Jr. (@KDJmedia1) November 13, 2021
