Day: November 9, 2018

By Matt Diano: #1 (East) Kellenberg Memorial (9-0) vs. #2 (West) Fordham Prep (6-3) When: Saturday November 10th, 2018 Where: Mitchel Athletic Complex Time: 7pm Synopsis A rematch of last season’s title game, which Kellenberg won 54-19, with each week that comes and goes, this Firebirds senior class moves ever closer to finishing their varsity careers with immaculate status…A group of young men who have known nothing but victory for the better part of the past three years (tracing it all the way back to their 2016 Junior Varsity title team that lost just twice), the Uniondale based school rooted in the Marianist tradition has dominated this rivalry during the course of the past calendar year, following up their aforementioned one-sided win in the 2017 title game by pitching a 41-0 shutout over the Rams just two weeks ago in the regular season finale. Immensely gifted on both sides of

By Matt Diano: #1 Kennedy Catholic (7-1) vs. #4 Nazareth Regional (1-7) When: Friday November 9th, 2018 Where: Kennedy Catholic High School Time: 7pm Synopsis A year removed from seeing their 14-0 lead in the 4th quarter of last year’s semifinals evaporate at the hands of eventual “A” champions, Cardinal Spellman, if there is one lesson that the Gaels know all too well, it is that nothing is ever over until the final horn is blown…With these sentiments in mind, there is no way that the top-seed from Somers are going to make the mistake of counting their chickens before they hatch…But, based solely on the how the first two meetings of the season have gone against their semifinal opponent, Nazareth, there is reason for more than a little bit of optimism if you are Head Coach, Dom Tassone and his KC student-athletes. Posting victories over the Kingsmen by scores