Day: November 22, 2024

By Matt Diano All week, the mission at hand was understood by every student-athlete wearing a Vikings football jersey….STOP ARUTA AND WILLIAMS!!! MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENTED, GENTLEMEN!!!! In what was a blood and guts war waged on both sidelines, it was top-seeded St. Josephs’s by the Sea hoisting NYCHSFL hardware for the first time in program history when they emerged with an 8-7 victory in a clash for Staten Island bragging rights over the second-seeded Eagles of St. Peters’! The AA-1 title yielding triumph under the Friday night lights on the campus of Monsignor Farrell HS raising the Tressor Baptiste coached squad’s record this season to 11-2; the ugly fall weather was not the only thing “cold”; so too was the revenge dished out after SJS previously dropped a 22-19 contest all the way back on September 7th (Week #1)!! The only points of the evening occurring when the two school actually

St. Joseph by the Sea captured the first CHSFL title in school history with an 8-7 win over Staten Island rival St. Peter’s.  All the scoring took place in the first quarter and was ultimately decided by a fake extra point that gave the Vikings the one point lead their defense never relinquished.  Over 2100 witnessed the defensive battle which was played at Monsignor Farrell High School to accommodate the crowd.  The Vikings survived a last minute push by the #2 Eagles (10-3) to claim the 2024 CHSFL AAI title.    The top seeded Vikings finished with a record 11-2.     Thomas DiGregorio (Offense) and Dean Coscia (Defense) received MVP honors.