Christian Brothers Academy & Shaker, each making their 3rd appearances on TV this season, met in Latham on this week's Friday Night Matchup.
Homestanding Shaker won the toss, and took the opening kickoff. However, just three plays in, CBA's Amare Cofill intercepted Bison QB Marcus Snipes, Jr., and the Brothers were off & running. A minute or so later, Aiden Guzi ran it in from 3 yards out, and CBA took a 7-0 lead into the 2nd quarter.
Just a couple of minutes into the 2nd quarter, Archie Jones took it in himself from a yard out, and it was quickly 14-0, CBA. However, Shaker was having some issues. Injury issues, that is. Multi-faceted senior Jake Smith was knocked from the game with an ankle injury in the frame, and Dominic DiBacco, son of Catholic Central women's basketball coach Audra DiBacco, stepped up. DiBacco put the Bison on the board with a 35 yard run to cut the lead in half at the break at 14-7.
With Guzi dinged up, Thomas Toure stepped up as well, and the sophomore scored on a 22 yard run in the 3rd quarter. However, Ted Giannella's PAT was wide left, and the Brothers were now up, 20-6.
Back came Shaker & DiBacco, who scored his 2nd TD, this time from 3 yards. A PAT failed here, too, and the score was 20-13 heading into the 4th quarter. In that final frame, DiBacco scored again, this time from midfield all the way to the house. Unfortunately, a 2 point conversion failed, and the lead was down to 1 at 20-19, with just over 7 minutes left in regulation.
CBA put the game away with under 2 minutes left, as Jones scored again, this time from 4 yards out. Giannella added the extra point to make it 27-19. Now, Shaker had no choice. With 90 seconds left, they had to score, then get a 2 point conversion, in order to win the game.
Nope. Not happening. CBA forced a turnover on downs. One kneel-down later, and CBA goes to 6-0 overall with a 27-19 win.
Meanwhile, Troy High won its 2nd straight, dispatching Amsterdam, 31-13. For the 2nd straight week, the Flying Horses (4-3 overall, 1-3 Capital Division) trailed at halftime, but their defense shut down the Rams in the 2nd half. Troy hosts Averill Park, a blowout winner over LaSalle, next week.
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