Football: Brick Suffers First Loss Of Season

Brick came back to earth a little bit on Friday night, suffering its first loss of the season to Wall, 28-27 in double overtime in a nondivisional Shore Conference game.

The Dragons (4-1, 4-0) had to rally after spotting the Crimson Knights a two-touchdown lead. Quarterback Carmen Sclafani scored from 7 yards out 3:30 into the third quarter, and then tied the game with a 40-yard pass to Ja’Sir Taylor with 1:49 to go.

In the first overtime, Wall and Brick traded scores, with Wall going first and Brick answering. In the second overtime, Brick went first and scored after gambling on fourth-and-3 and getting the first down. But Brick missed the PAT, making it 27-21.

On its possession in the second overtime, Wall got pushed back, but scored on second and 20, and the successful PAT gave the Knights, who had lost 11 straight games going into Friday, the victory.

Brick still leads Class A South, with victories over Brick Memorial, Toms River East, Southern and Jackson Memorial.
The Dragons host Lacey next Friday at 7 p.m.