(James Hogan of Hills and Mike Fusco of Valley)
After a scoreless first quarter, Matt Dietz kicked a 37-yard field goal to put Wayne Valley up 3-0. Alex Trani set the stage by intercepting Brian Dowling on a halfback option. The lead was short lived. Dowling returned the ensuing kickoff 92 yards and Mike Driesse added the kick to give Wayne Hills a 7-3 advantage. However, that was short lived as well. Mike Verrilli retaliated by returning the ensuing kickoff 99 yards as Wayne Valley regained the lead, 10-7.
After a scoreless third period, James Hogan plowed in from 1 yard to put Hills up 13-10. Hills went up 21-10 when Nick Masi raced 31 yards for another score. Valley pulled within 21-16 when Mike Fusco scored on a 7 yard run. That play was set up by Andrew Fournier's 62 yard run. Valley got the ball back with two minutes to play, but could not convert.
On defense, senior linebacker Russ Piekarsky had eight tackles for Hills. Pete Daibes and Joe Lane each recorded five tackles including a sack for Wayne Hills. Valley stopped Hills on two goal line stands. Anthony Verrilli and Andrew DeFilippis led the Valley defense with 14 and 12 tackles respectively. Trani and Fusco added 9 tackles apiece. Kyle Fant had 7 tackles, including a sack. Mike Ruth and Matt Tolerico had 6 tackles each.
After a scoreless third period, James Hogan plowed in from 1 yard to put Hills up 13-10. Hills went up 21-10 when Nick Masi raced 31 yards for another score. Valley pulled within 21-16 when Mike Fusco scored on a 7 yard run. That play was set up by Andrew Fournier's 62 yard run. Valley got the ball back with two minutes to play, but could not convert.
On defense, senior linebacker Russ Piekarsky had eight tackles for Hills. Pete Daibes and Joe Lane each recorded five tackles including a sack for Wayne Hills. Valley stopped Hills on two goal line stands. Anthony Verrilli and Andrew DeFilippis led the Valley defense with 14 and 12 tackles respectively. Trani and Fusco added 9 tackles apiece. Kyle Fant had 7 tackles, including a sack. Mike Ruth and Matt Tolerico had 6 tackles each.
"We got stopped on the two yard line twice and missed two field goals," Hills coach Chris Olsen said. "This game should not have been close. I thought we dominated."
"Oh please," said Valley coach Brian O'Connor upon hearing Olsen's remarks. "Brian Dowling is one of the best backs in the state and we shut him down from scrimmage two years in a row. Both defenses were outstanding and both offenses struggled. We gave them great field position and that's the only reason they got it down to the one. We stopped them on both goal line stands. That's the sign of a great defense, not a sign of being dominated. And those field goal attempts were real long. They were hardly chippies."
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