Junior Green wins home field opener 33-12 with a shattering ground assault! Eric Zergiebel plowed through a tough East Haven defense behind Josh Cash and Dave Laurie for the game’s first Touchdown and Guilford never looked back. The East Haven defense scored the next points on a stripped ball returned for a TD but the Guilford defense held to stop extra point attempt.
The East Haven quarterback was on target all day and threw a perfectly placed ball deep to the right side in the second quarter for the Easties second TD but it was no match for Paul Distasio’s three Green touchdowns runs from 45, 47, and 3 yards out. Defensively Green came alive on Sunday. Led once again by Mike Serra, the Green D anchored up front by Phillip Eldridge and Charlie Molloy left the Easties nowhere to go.
Pat Cantrell earns the man-of-iron award taking on a crushing blow to break up an East Haven sweep stopping a sure TD and bouncing back up to do it all over again. Steve Lavoie and Tyler Nelson proved that Quarterbacks can play defense—Lavoie laid out a devastating blow in the end zone to pop the ball loose and Nelson jumped on it for Green’s fifth TD.
YOUTH DIVISION:
Guilford Youth Green played against East Haven to a 25-6 loss. Guilford was led offensively by Frank Ranfone, John Altieri and Ben Fazzina. Korey Carregal had two pass catches. Guilford's only score was a tackle breaking 55 yard run by Fazzina behind great downfield blocking by Derek Van de Bovenkamp, Nate Tepley and Thomas Stokes. The defense, which improved dramatically after halftime and featured an interception by Ranfone, was led by Nick Russello, Calvin Hoban, Jake Moscarelli and Hayden Page.
