The Rye Boys Varsity Football team found itself bitten by the Harrison Huskies in front of a 5,000+ crowd watching “The Game” at Nugent Stadium. A number of mistakes allowed the Huskies to pull their team to a 22-7 victory.
“The first half we gave them a couple of big plays,” said Rye Boys Varsity Football Coach Dino Garr. “Despite that the score was 13-7, we felt like we were in pretty good shape if we could come out and do a sustained drive. [But] we kept making mistakes which has been a problem we’ve been having all year – the inconsistency of putting on a sustained drive. We finally put a drive together and we had a touchdown called back because of holding and at that time it would have been 19-14 and you never know what would have happened.”
“We made so many mistakes that it costs the game. We have to learn from it and we have to get better – if we don’t the seasons is going to be pretty much what it is,” continued Garr. On next week’s match up versus Clarkstown South? “They are undefeated. It’s going to be a tough game. We are going to find out what we have to do to get back into winning.”
Game highlights included:
Offensive highlights:
- AJ Miller C/Att 10-18, Yards 141, Avg 14.1, Int 1
- Shepherd Griffiths C/Att 1-4, Yards 22, Avg 22
- Tommy Richardson Carries 14, Yards 71, Avg 5.1, TD 1, Long 24
- AJ Miller Carries 4, Yards 15, Avg 3.8, Long 9
- Shepherd Griffiths Carries 3, Yards 15, Avg 5.0, Long 8
- Giovanni Cavatoni Carries 1
- Rafferty McSweeney Receptions 5, Yards 66, Average 13.2, Long 22
- Shepherd Griffiths Receptions 3, Yards 65, Average 21.7, Long 39
- Cole Bartlett Receptions 2, Yards 21, Average 10.5, Long 14
- Tanner Howson Receptions 1, Yards 11, Average 11.0, Long 11
Defensive highlights:
- Owen Welburn Asst Tackles 3
- Charlie Saurack Asst Tackles 8, Solo 2, TFL 2, Sack 2
- Jason Gonzalez Asst Tackles 4
- Chris Guazzo Asst Tackles 6, Solo 2
- Ben Poole Jr. Asst Tackles 3, Solo 1
- Bobby Townsend Asst Tackles 5
- Christopher Iuliano Asst Tackles 2, Solo 1, TFL 1
- Andrew Wilmarth Asst Tackles 1
- Shepard Griffiths Asst Tackles 1
- Keon Terlow Asst Tackles 1
- Jake Kessner Asst Tackles 5
The Garnet football season is 5-1. Watch the replay. Varsity heads to Clarkstown South next Friday, October 14th for a 7pm game.
Cheerleading
“Our team cheered loud and proud, despite the outcome of the game we are proud to be Garnets!,” said Rye Girls Varsity Cheerleading Coach Belinda DeFonce. “We were also missing some key members, so with several last minute changes our team worked hard and hit a solid halftime routine. I could not be more proud of them! Let’s go Rye!!!”
