{"id":2414,"date":"2014-11-03T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2025-09-28T13:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:35:52","slug":"tim-football-stepinac-49-0-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2414","title":{"rendered":"Tim football: Stepinac 49 &#8211; 0 winner, now 9-0."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another big win, against a team that was 6-2 going into the game. But &#8211; they hadn&#8217;t played the high level of competition Stepinac had.<\/p>\n<p>Game ends, and despite the rain, Stepinac fans are happy.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d08946c8970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d08946c8970c img-responsive\" style=\"width: 480px;\" title=\"P1050778\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e201b8d08946c8970c-500wi\" alt=\"P1050778\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little Tim action as #40 gets in a good block for Malcolm Major, who scoots down the sideline. No touchdown though; ball was brought halfway back because of a downfield holding call.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yB6-BRZfNlE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the coverage from the Staten Island newspaper &#8211; where Monsignor Farrell was from.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.silive.com\/news\/article\/-2566869555518431196\/archbishop-stepinac-mauls-monsignor-farrell-49-0\/\" target=\"_self\">The Lions, coming off their own 35-7 romp of Island rival St. Joseph by-the-Sea, were no match for the league&#8217;s top team &#8212; especially after that pivotal sequence in the first.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Trailing 7-0, Farrell&#8217;s Ryan Hurley had a punt blocked by Tyquan Ennis with Stepinac&#8217;s Gavin Heslop recovering on the MF 11. A touchdown pass from Tyquell Fields to Andrew Geni followed on the next play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Lions&#8217; Joseph Irlinger then fumbled the ensuing kickoff, with Ennis recovering at the 31. Again, the Crusaders needed just one play to strike paydirt, this time on a run by Brandon Coleman, who trampled one defender and bounced off two others to make it 21-0 with 4:43 left in the period.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;That took us out of our game, more emotionally than anything,&#8221; said Lions head coach Jim Bradley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When asked if that was the turning point of the contest, Bradley quipped, &#8220;No, it was the opening kickoff.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another big win, against a team that was 6-2 going into the game. But &#8211; they hadn&#8217;t played the high level of competition Stepinac had. Game ends, and despite the rain, Stepinac fans are happy. Here&#8217;s a little Tim action as #40 gets in a good block for Malcolm Major, who scoots down the sideline. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8280,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions\/8280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}