The Garnets host the Panthers of Ardsley at Nugent Stadium this Friday, November 3rd at 7:00pm. Can’t make the game? Watch it online.
Miss our Rye Lifer interview with Rye football Coach Dino Garr? Read it!
For the game preview, we turn to the Steve “The OG” Feeney:
SECTION ONE – CLASS B SEMI_FINAL – RYE GARNETS HOST ARDSLEY’S PANTHERS – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3 @ 7:00PM @ NUGENT STADIUM
It was just a short three weeks ago that the undefeated ARDSLEY PANTHERS, crept into Nugent with upset on their whiskers, only to be sent back to the savanna licking their paws following a 42-14 mauling by the Garnet & Black.
The following repeats the history lesson from this site from three weeks ago. Ardsley, along with Rye, was an original founding member of the CWL (Central Westchester League, 1968-1975). These cats reappear at Nugent for the first time in over twenty years, now twice in one season. After forfeiting the 1995 season, the Ardsley football program folded due to a lack of interest and an under-the-roster minimum number of players. As a result, the series lay dormant as a sleeping feline until 2000.
This Friday’s scratching will only be the fourth cat spat since the turn of the century. Over the ensuing years Rye has been solidly playing a Class A schedule while the Blue and Gold have been comfortable in Class B. Hence the lack of any recent scheduling comparisons and rivalry history other than the Garnet & Black clawing into feline dominance at 15-7-0 (.682).
GARNETS PUMMEL THE PANTHERS – 36-9
