Article: Frank Gonda
Photo Credits: Vanessa Mandell
The Varsity Colts beat the Farmington Rockets Sunday, August 28, 27-7. The Rockets did an admiral job
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as they only fielded 13 players for the game. Northville started their first drive with a couple of
nice runs for a first down by Brett Rudolph and Brett Rankin respectfully. That set up a 1st and
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10, 57 yard touchdown by Rankin for a 6-0 lead in the 1st.
A defense, lead by James Monticelli and Nolan O’Callaghan lead to a Farmington punt and
Colts ball. Quarterback Nick Lauderback quickly kept the ball and ran it in from 57 yards out for
the second score making it 12-0 Colts.
Tommy Mandell picked up a series of yards from the backfield in the 2nd quarter along with
Danny Sheehan to set up a Lauderback to Rudolph pass for a TD. Jake Willerer followed with a
two point kick conversion for a 20-0 score to close out the first half.
Farmington got on the scoreboard on a 4th and 2, 50 yd. TD followed by the extra point to
attempt an improbable comeback. Nick Lauderback put a stop to that with a 30 yard TD run
from the quarterback position, followed by an extra point, courtesy of a Rankin reception in the
end zone. Final score of 27-7.
Alex Ladach was a beast on defense the entire game, seemingly having his name announced
throughout being the responsible for multiple tackles. Jordan Morgan, Danny Sheehan and
Aidan MacDonald had fantastic games as well. BUT ... it was #95 Matthew Barnett who
combined his strength and speed to force, and recover two Farmington Rockets fumbles.