Stepinac lost to St. Anthony's, the #1 high school in New York State, 14-0 Friday evening.
The NY Post had a very good article on the game – including nice comments by Mike O'Donnell, the Stepinac head coach.
play reverses Stepinac's momentum in 'AAA' title game loss
Brigid, Tim and I traveled to the game, at Mitchel Field, across from the Nassau Coliseum. Tim's friend and fellow freshamn football player Chase Fendrich, along with our friend (and also a Stepinac alum) Ed Riely, went with us.
The Stepinac defense was excellent (Stepinac had lost to St. Anthony's a few weeks ago, 55-29, and the defense could not stop them!). The only score the St. Anthony offense had was in the second quarter, after they ended Stepinac's opening drive with an end zone interception.
But Stepinac's offense sputtered much of the night. They couldn't get their passing attack going. At the end of the game, they did have a drive that started from inside their own one yard line, but ended with under a minute left on the St. Anthony six yard line – turned over on downs.
The decisive point in the game came midway through the third quarter, as Stepinac was moving the ball, but then St. Anthony's defensive player picking up a fumble and ran 61 yards for a touchdown.
This Thanksgiving Day morning is the last game ofthe season – the annual "Turkey Bowl" against White Plains. I'm sure Tim and I will be going.
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