Category: Playoffs

Article by Matt Diano #1 St. Anthony’s (8-1) vs. #4 Chaminade (5-4) When: Saturday November 12th, 2022 @7pm—–NOTE: Date Change Where: Cy Donnelly Field on the St. Anthony’s Campus (275 Wolf Hill Rd, Melville, NY 11747) Previous Meeting: 35-10 St. Anthony’s on September 9th (Week #1)   Synopsis: After yet another absolutely explosive showing in their quarterfinal victory (57-42 over Christ the King), if you are Friars’ Head Coach, Joe Minucci, and staff, you have to be asking herself, “Can anybody stop our offense in 2022?”….Establishing a new season-best in the points’ column in the playoff triumph over the Royals, the top-seeds out of Suffolk were able to accumulate 531 yards of total production, with five different student-athletes combining to register seven touchdowns to deliver the opening-round dub…Senior, QB, Dante Torres, was darn-near perfect in the game, completing 19 of 20 attempts in the air for 369 yards and 5

Article by Matt Diano   #2 Moore Catholic (7-2) vs. #7 St. Francis Prep (3-5) When: Sunday November 6th, 2022 @1pm Where: Moore Catholic HS (100 Merrill Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314) Previous Meeting: 32-10 Moore Catholic on October 22nd (Week #7)   Synopsis:   A rematch of a contest that we saw quite recently (week #7), when the Mavs and Terriers last went to battle, it was the returning AA-1 runners-up out of Staten Island chewing up major territory in all aspects of the game, as they totaled 553 yards (365 on the ground) of total offense and scored on five occasions (4 on the ground) to cruise to the victory….  Pivotal to this explosion of offensive firepower were All-State QB, John Michalski (11-for-13 in the air for 178 yards 1 TD toss; 13 carries for 156 yards with his legs), and sophomore tailback, RJ Pacheco, who accounted for ¾

Article by Matt Diano #1 St. Anthony’s (7-1) vs. #8 Christ the King (1-8) When: Friday November 4th, 2022 @7pm Where: Cy Donnelly Field on St. Anthony’s Campus (275 Wolf Hill Rd, Melville, NY 11747) Previous Meeting: 44-12 St. Anthony’s on October 21st (Week #7)   Synopsis: Looking to return to the title game for the first time since 2017 and win the school’s first crown since 2013, the first step in the journey for the top-seeded Friars will be a date with a Royals’ squad that handled convincingly when Long Island battled Queens in week #7!!!!  Undefeated this season against fellow Empire State competition (lone loss was to NJ powerhouse, St. Joe’s Regional-Montvale), the Joe Minucci mentored cohort has been explosive on offense from beginning to end thus far this fall, as they enter the home confines of Donnelly Field on Friday averaging 38.5 points per game!!!   When these

Article by Matt Diano #3 Xaverian (4-3) vs. #6 Cardinal Spellman (1-7) When: Saturday November 5th, 2022 @3pm Where: Aviator Sports Complex (3159 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11234) Previous Meeting: 37-0 Xaverian on October 28th (Week #8)   Synopsis: A once very proud rivalry that saw the Clippers and Cardinals square off twice in a span of four years (2015, 2017) for the “A” crown, recent times have been marked by a competitive separation of the two programs, as Xaverian has now shut out their foes from the Bronx on the last three occasions, including a 37-0 victory last Friday night in the 2022 regular season finale (previously 13-0 in 2021; 34-0 in 2020)…. After finding success utilizing a predominant ground-heavy attack that yielded all four of the school’s offensive touchdowns in week #8, expect for Head Coach, Kevin Fountaine, to stick with a winning formula, as senior QB, Bobby