Day: November 19, 2016

By Matt Diano: We promised you a plethora of action in the CHSFL Triple-A final and neither team disappointed as the #3 and #4 seeds from Stepinac and Cardinal Hayes respectively combined to score 80 points, with the Cardinals doing just a tad bit more to claim the top prize, 41-39….The victory avenges last year’s title game loss and ended the Crusader’s two-year reign as kings of the Catholic League. A tale of two quarters in the opening half, we weren’t even a full three minutes into the game an C.J. O’Neil’s Cardinals already led 14-0 behind a pair of Lucas Nunez touchdowns. Nunez, who entered the game leading NYS in receiving touchdowns did not waste any time adding his 18 of the season when Christian Anderson hit him on a bubble screen and he did all the rest, running 76 yards down the sideline to give the underdogs from

By Matt Diano: From the moment that first whistle of the 2016 season blew, Iona Prep Head Coach, Joseph Spagnolo was adamant in stating that the goal for the season was to win the title and to get reinstated to AAA competition as soon as possible….On Saturday afternoon, the Gaels checked off the former and took a big step towards achieving the latter as they travelled into “hostile territory” and emerged with a 35-14 win over the top-seeds from Holy Trinity High School….The Catholic title was the first for the New Rochelle based school since 2008 when they were the last team standing in the AAA division. Scoreless after one quarter for the second time today (A title game was also 0-0 after 12 minutes), the word of the hour during the opening half was “flag” as the two teams combined to be hit eight times, derailing many a promising-looking

By Matt Diano: The comeback story is complete!!! A moment five years in the making came to fruition on Saturday morning at the Mitchel Field Athletic Complex as the top-seeded Mavericks of Moore Catholic utilized a huge second quarter to win 32-22 over #3 Cardinal Spellman to claim the CHSFL Single-A crown….The victory marked the second “A” title in program history (last won in 2003) for the Staten Island based school.in their return to the varsity gridiron after being shelved after posting an undefeated 2011 season. Following a scoreless opening 12 minutes where it was the third-seeded Pilots that had the best scoring chance, getting into the end zone only to have the touchdown called back and then having their 28-yard field goal attempt blocked on the first play of the second quarter, the rest of the opening half would belong entirely to the Nick Giann atasio coached Mavericks, as