North Haven High School football bows to Daniel Hand, 21-6
Citizen photo by Kevin Pataky
Citizen photo by Kevin Pataky
Citizen photo by Kevin Pataky
Citizen photo by Kevin Pataky
On North Haven's first offensive play of the game, Senior Kendrick Amaker takes a hand off and sprints for a 67 yard touchdown against Daniel Hand.
Senior Kendrick Amaker catches a pass in the 3rd quarter and then gains some additional yards versus Daniel Hand.
Senior co-captain Ryan Ccriscio fights for difficult yards at midfield in the second quarter versus Daniel Hand.
Not So fast! Senior Anthony Chiaia makes a tackle on the Tiger's quarterback in the first quarter.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 2:09pm
North Haven won the toss and deferred their choice to the second half.
The Tigers chose to receive, but after a good kick return, had to punt it back to the Indians.
On their first play, North Haven's Ryan Criscio took a direct snap and handed off to Kendrick Amaker who took off through the line for a 67 yard touchdown run.
The extra point kick was missed, so the Indians led 6-0.
The two teams battled back and forth and after several punts, the Tigers gained favorable field position, and ultimately scored a touchdown on a short drive that ended with a short flip from Nick Merullo.
Enzo Pagliarulo kicked the extra point to give Hand a 7-6 lead which they took into halftime.
The game remained close until late in the 3rd quarter when A.J. Hill intercepted a Joe Schwab pass and the Tigers took over at midfield.
Hand turned that into 7 points when Merullo hit Chad Crisco with a 12 yard TD pass in the back corner and then scored a third touchdown late in the fourth quarter after a gallant Indian goal line stand succumbed to a short 4th down dive over the line by Merullo to close out the scoring at 21-6.
- Submitted by Kevin Pataky