Last week, Burnt Hills came from behind to beat Columbia. Tonight, Section II's other Spartans, from Queensbury, welcomed Ballston Spa to their new turf field. The Scotties came in at 2-1, while Queensbury was coming off a dominant performance against luckless LaSalle last Saturday to pick up their first win of the season.
The Scotties won the toss, and received the opening kickoff. After the teams exchanged "punts", with each quarterback basically pooch-kicking it from a shorter distance than the average punt, the Scotties had the first points of the game late in the 1st quarter, as Chris Duclos took it in himself from 6 yards. The PAT failed, however, and it was 6-0 going into the 2nd quarter.
After another failed possession for the Spartans, Ballston Spa extended its lead, with Ethan Nazarian running it in. This time, Duclos, from an odd but legal formation, converted a 2 point conversion to give B-Spa a 14-0 lead at the break.
The 3rd quarter was largely a defensive battle. Queensbury changed quarterbacks, as Hudson Montgomery, who'd started the 1st three games at QB, replaced Tyler Dorvee. However, Ballston Spa's defense picked him off twice. Forced to punt, the Scotties' defense took a brief siesta, as Tyler Thetburg took the punt 62 yards to the house. 2 sport star Finn Jordi-Donnelly, who'd played soccer earlier in the day, missed the extra point, and it was 14-6. Ballston Spa's Tyler Perkins returned the ensuing kickoff 68 yards, but the Scotties could do nothing with it except go backward, losing yards thanks to the Spartans' defense and some ill-timed penalties.
As the period ended, Dorvee was back at QB, and hit Montgomery for 38 yards. Montgomery was injured on the play, but would return. Less than 2 minutes into the 4th quarter, Dorvee found Marcus Gooden for a TD, then hit Davian Williams for a game-tying 2 point conversion.
Queensbury's defense shut down Duclos and the Scotties from there, and, with under a minute to play, Dorvee ran it in himself from 2 yards out. Jordi-Donnelly, perhaps spent from the earlier game, missed the PAT. On the ensuing kickoff, Ben Sasseman pooched an onside kick, and Thetburg recovered to ice the game. Dorvee took a knee, and it was over. Queensbury had completed a comeback with a 20-14 win. Both teams are now 2-2 on the season, as we're halfway through.
Other scores:
Fonda-Fultonville 48, Coxsackie-Athens 14.
Green Tech 14, Gloversville 6.
Glens Falls 32, Averill Park 7. AP falls to 2-2, while the Black Bears, the defending Class B champions, remain undefeated at 4-0.
Saratoga 28, Shaker 21.
Niskayuna 49, Bethlehem 7. Nisky visits Troy next week.
CBA 77, Schenectady 0. CBA plays Shenendehowa next week.
Troy 27, Columbia 14. It won't be easy against Niskayuna, but Troy returns home for a 3 game homestand next week.
Burnt Hills 48, South Glens Falls 16.
Cobleskill-Richmondville 38, Johnstown 6.
Schuylerville 41, Granville-Whitehall 16.
Greenwich 43, Warrensburg-Lake George-Bolton 0.
Lansingburgh 14, Ravena 12.
Schalmont 42, Ichabod Crane-Chatham 6.
Shenendehowa 34, Colonie 14.
Hudson 48, Broadalbin-Perth 7.
Guilderland 38, Albany 0.
Mohonasen 28, Fowler 12.
No comments:
Post a Comment