Friday, October 16, 2009

Football: Lakeland 3, Wayne Valley 0

Photos From Lakeland at Wayne Valley
The Wayne Valley football team (3-3) suffered would could end up being a crippling loss to Lakeland (4-2). Valley could conceivably make the playoffs at 5-3. They should certainly beat Kearny (1-5) next week. Kearny lost to DePaul and Passaic Valley by a combined margin of 81-0. They gave up 62 points to Paramus last night. A win over Kearny, could mean that Valley's game with DePaul (at Wayne Valley on October 30) is make or break as far as Valley's playoff prospects are concerned.

Prior to the season, Valley hadn't been shutout since 2003. It was their third shutout loss of this season. But these have hardly been blowout losses. The combined loss total to Clifton, Wayne Hills and Lakeland is 12-0. In its three wins over Montclair, Passaic Valley and Lakeland (all possible playoff teams), Valley has averaged 31 points.

Against Lakeland, Jon Allard hit a 30 yard field goal with 1:08 left to propel the Lancers to victory. Valley's best chance to score came early in the fourth quarter when they drove to the Lakeland 8 yard line. The drive was thwarted on second down when Allard picked off a Pete Savastano throw in the end zone.

Lakeland held Valley's talented running back tandem of Mike Castles and Greg LaNeve to 54 yards. Savastano threw for 121 yards. Castles had five catches for 64 receiving yards. Anthony Verrilli had four catches.
On defense, Valley got 10 tackles from Andrew DeFilippis. Michael Fusco and Colin Bush had 7 tackles apiece. Brandon Castelbuono had five tackles, including 2 sacks. Anthony Perez had 5 tackles and a fumble recovery. Verrilli had an interception deep in Lakeland territory. Mark Tucker had four tackles, including a sack. Ryan Young had a sack too. Savastano and Mike Tolerico had 4 tackles each.

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