Senior White 31 at Clinton - 0:
The boys were focused and came into Sunday's game knowing that destiny was in their own hands - if they win - they’re in. From the opening kick off to the final whistle Guilford was all business on both sides of the ball this weekend.
In the opener Guilford kicked off to Clinton who started on their own 25-yard line and the defense come out strong and held Clinton to a three and punt. On Guilford's very first offensive possession on the Clinton's 37 yard line - Eric Pasay with a great 37 yard run up the middle for a touchdown, blocked PAT 6-0, this was the score until early in the second quarter when Rick Cacapardo broke out for a 20 yard run up the middle for a touchdown; PAT good between the uprights 14 - 0. Guilford's defense lead by Ryan Sutowski clamped down on Clinton's offense for the rest of the first half; highlights include a 12-yard sack from Eric Pasay and an Interception from Kevin Acampora. Guilford's Offensive scored two more times on the ground in the second quarter behind a strong offensive line lead by John and Mark Lisitano, Bennett Lovejoy, Ian Rorke and Andy Wall. Offensively Jared Dillon scored on a 40-yard run for a Touchdown PAT good and a another Eric Pasay touchdown run for 20-yards. Guilford opted for a one-point conversion instead of a two-point kick conversion but failed on a screen pass attempt. 28 - 0 @ the half. Guilford made a lot of personal adjustments at half time to start the second half. A stingy defense gave up nothing, which included a Benett Lovejoy interception and two more big sacks one from John Lisitano and Eric Pasay. Guilford’s offensive played ball control the entire second half and opted to kick a 29-yard field goal by Mike Knapp instead of scoring a touchdown. Final Score; Guilford 31 Clinton 0.
JUNIOR DIVISION:
Guilford Junior Green rolls on to the Playoffs!: On a perfect fall day, the boys in green traveled to Tri-Town and clinched a hard earned playoff berth closing out the regular season with a 20-0 win.
Tri-Town took the opening kick off but coughed the ball up early. Duke Knapp made short work of the 55 yards needed for the score covering 53 on the first play from scrimmage. Tri-Town wasn’t ready to give up however and after four attempts to punch it in, took over on downs at the 2 yard line. The Green D was like a brick wall all day and took the ball back on the 10. This time Duke was in no mood to be denied. On his second touch of the ball he punched it home the 10 yards for a 6-0 lead. Pat Cantrell picked up the extra point with a well placed pass from Tyler Nelson.
The rest of the first half was a defensive struggle with both teams trading possessions but not gaining much ground. Mike Serra once again leading the Green D shut down the running game and Nelson kept the passing game in check picking off a first down Tri-Town pass while Charlie Molloy and Joey Nault each smartly batted down two others on 4th and long plays. The half ended with Green in the lead 7-0.
The O-Line picked it up in the second half. Dane Lawrence at Right Tackle as usual handled his man all day despite being outweighed by at least half a mule. Steve Lavoie matched his efforts on the left side while Adam Gelo, Josh Cash and Molloy owned the middle game. It only took two plays for Paul Distasio to fly straight up the middle and 60 yards to his first TD of the day. Nelson scrambled hard to the right and finally picked up Joey Nault scrapping across the middle for the PAT and 14-0.
Tri-Town took the kick and drove hard controlling the ball through the remainder of the third quarter and well into the fourth moving all the way to the Green 3 yard line but at gut check time Carson Sperry and Matt Brewer stepped up to stop the outside running while Dave Laurie and Serra stuffed the inside running forcing Tri-Town to turn the ball over on downs. It looked like Tri-Town was going to get the ball back after some fierce defensive play appeared to shut down the Green O, but excellent blocking and hard running on 4th and 5 from the 8 yard line put Distasio 92 yards later at the other end of the field scoring Green’s third TD. After a failed PAT, Guilford led 20-0.
There were several more trades of possession and Tri-Town threatened again with less than two minutes to play but the Green D would hear nothing of it and held fast at the 15 yard line taking the ball back on downs. Joey Nault took a knee to end the game and it’s on to the Play Offs!!!
