


IT’S A SHORE ROAD REPEAT!!!! Congratulations to the Clippers of Xaverian High School on hoisting the Double-A-2 hardware for the second straight year following a 21-8 victory over their rivals from Flushing, Holy Cross! A rematch of the 2024 finals (won 14-6 by Xaverian); the second-seeded squad played inspired football on Saturday morning for a cause greater than just their own satisfaction…. Dedicating the victory to Coach, Maurice Jones, who passed away in late-September; the Clippers were dominant on both sides of the ball…. Drawing first blood with 5:19 to go in the opening quarter, it would be a 20-yard run by senior field general, Terrence Watson, complemented immediately by a 13-yard TD trek (his 12th of the year) from junior tailback, Richie Aiken, that put the #2 seeds up, 7-0!! Prior to big runs on back-to-back snaps; it was the Jaydon Salomon creating a turnover when he erased what