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THROGGS NECK, N.Y. — The Maritime football team scored a
late fourth-quarter touchdown to overcome a five-point deficit and
successfully held off rival-Mass. Maritime in their its last
offensive possession to claim its fourth-straight Chowder Bowl
Championship with a 15-12 victory Thursday night at Reinhart
Field.
"I'm really proud of how the team responded in the
fourth quarter," said sixth-year head coach Clayton
Kendrick-Holmes. "Every year this game is a battle and
tonight the offense, defense and special teams stepped it up big
time in the end when we needed it the most."
A five-yard run by freshman running back Thomas Davis (Westbury,
N.Y./Westbury) that he brought into the corner of the end-zone
after a toss left with 4:21 left to play in the final stanza gave
the Privateers a 13-12 lead. Sophomore quarterback Joe Dickey
(Middletown, N.J./Middletown North) then hooked up with junior
fullback Jamie Spanopoulos (Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey)
on a pass for the two-point conversion to bring the score to
15-12.
That drive started after Mass. Maritime pulled ahead 12-7 on a
one-yard run by junior running back Nathan Sherr, who ended the
night with a game-high 149 yards rushing and that one score. The
Bucs two-point conversion failed as their pass was intercepted by
senior co-captain Steve Roman (Staten Island, N.Y./St.
Joseph's by the Sea). On the ensuing kickoff, Davis returned
the ball 22 yards to give Maritime great field position at their
own 42-yard line and set up the score.
However, the night was not over after the late Privateer touchdown
as Mass. Maritime got the ball again after the kickoff on its own
35 with 4:13 to play. The Maritime defense stepped up, and after
three plays, on 4th-and-2, Sherr was stopped at the line of
scrimmage by sophomore linebacker Keith Barnes (Westbury,
N.Y./Westbury) and junior linebacker Rob Gorgy (Hillsborough,
N.J./Immaculata) and Maritime took over on downs, leading to the
victory.
Barnes led the defense with 15.5 tackles (14 solo and three
assisted), while recording one for a loss of eight yards. Gorgy
ranked second on the team with 7.0 tackles (five solo and four
assisted). Dickey controlled most of the offense, finishing the
night with a team-high 108 rushing yards and 37 passing yards.
Spanopoulos, who scored the first touchdown of the game for
Maritime on a one-yard run in the first quarter, ended the night
with 90 yards on the ground.
Buccaneer junior running back Matt White scored the first Mass.
Maritime touchdown with a one-yard run in the second quarter, but a
missed extra point kick kept the Privateers ahead, 7-6 – a
score they took into the half.
The Maritime football team returns to action next Friday, Sept.
10, when they travel up to Danbury, Conn., to take on Western
Connecticut at 7 p.m.