Day: November 20, 2021

By Matt Diano: IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT!!! Last season, due to the restrictions imposed by Covid19, the Gaels of Iona Prep were deprived of their opportunity to win the school’s first AAA crown since 2008 (won AA in 2016)…Undefeated and punishing their foes to the tune of a 5-0 record that witnessed them outscore the opposition by a margin of 212-42, to say that it was inevitable that the gents from New Rochelle were well on their way to the hardware might be the grossest understatement in the history of sports.. That delayed privilege of celebration came tonight as the top-seeds lit up the scoreboard en route to a 49-15 triumph over #2 seed Monsignor Farrell in the nightcap of our Metro Catholic football championship triple-header!! Nearly flawless on both sides of the ball for the full 48-minute duration, literally the only thing that stopped IP on offense was

IT’S A REPEAT IN MINEOLA!!! By Matt Diano: In the clash of defending titlists, it was the young gentlemen in the Red & Gold jerseys [Chaminade] turning in a dominant performance on both sides of the ball to ensure that the AA-1 crown will stay another year on Long Island!!! The top-seeded Flyers closed out the 2021 fall campaign with a 7-3 record as they knocked off reigning AA-2 kings, Moore Catholic, 43-7 in the middle game of our NYCHSFL championship triple-header at the Mitchel Athletic Complex! The majority of pundits would have predicted that any Flyer victory would be accompanied by a massive finale put forth by senior tailback, Christian Alacqua (60 yards + 2TDs on 13 carries; 2 catches for 23 additional yards)…But alas, while #11 certainly had his highlights, it was predominantly a group of unsung/under the radar heroes of competition, that carried the Marianist program to

By Matt Diano: THERE IS PERFECTION IN HICKSVILLE!!  10-0!!!! For the first time since 2008, the top-seeded Titans of Holy Trinity High School are celebrating an NYCHSFL crown following a 21-10 triumph over #2 St. John the Baptist. A Saturday matinee contest that was a polar opposite of the initial meeting (October 3rd) between the two Long Island based schools, where the Titans jumped out to a four-touchdown lead in the 1st half and then never looked back (won 45-21), the Kahmal Roy coached squad did not enjoy their first lead of the day until approximately the midway point of the 4th quarter (6:19 remaining in regulation). Plagued by unusual sloppiness and limited possessions (thanks to the excellent ball-control strategy incorporated by the underdog Cougars), Holy Trinity trailed 10-7 heading into the final quarter and probably for the only occasion all fall, were in serious jeopardy of suffering a defeat…But then their