Greeley's Rushing Game Too Much for John Jay in 35-14 Win

In a matchup of Greeley's running attack versus John Jay's passing offense, the ground game was a clear winner.

The Quakers ran for 404 yards in a 35-14 win Thursday afternoon at Greeley. Justin Ciero had 191 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries and Gustavo Larramendi had 138 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries to lead the Greeley offense.

The Quakers (2-0) threw only three times, with Ciero completing a pair of 9-yard passes. Conversely, the Indians (1-1) threw 21 times but couldn't muster 100 yards through the air.

Hime Rraci completed passes to seven different receivers but finished 13 of 21 for 99 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. Rraci was also John Jay's leading rusher, carrying the ball 10 times for 18 yards.

A 6-yard TD run by Ciero and a 22-yard TD run by Larramendi gave Greeley an early 14-0 lead.

The Indians responded with two touchdowns of their own in the second quarter on a 6-yard run by Rraci and a 7-yard pass from Rraci to Jimmy Morris, who also made both extra points. But Greeley still led 17-14 at the half thanks to a 30-yard field goal from Jackson Weisman.

Weisman made another 30-yarder to start the scoring in the second half, and Greeley extended its lead on a 12-yard run by Ciero. Ciero then ran in the 2-point conversion to make it 28-14.

Ciero added a 28-yard run in the fourth quarter, and Jackson completed his perfect 5-for-5 kicking day (three extra points and two field goals) to make the final score 35-14. Although there was about a minute an a half left on the clock, the game was ended at that point due to a coming storm.

Joe Magardino had two sacks and Jason Segal intercepted a pass to lead the Quakers defense.

It was the second straight game that both Ciero and Larramendi went over 100 yards running. In a 38-14 win against Brewster to open the season, Ciero had 187 yards and three TDs and Larramendi had 102 yards and a score.

Quakers Head Coach Bill Tribou credited his offensive line, which he said did "an unbelievable job." He also felt that the team improved defensively in the second half over the first.

Indians Head Coach Jimmy Clark congratulated Greeley, and said that they will regroup and get better.

Greeley is now 2-0 in League A-North. Its next game is against Panas, who lost to John Jay 61-0 in the opening weekend. In that game Rraci had completed 17 of 22 passes for 314 yards and four TDs.

The Indians next face Lakeland, who lost to Poughkeepsie 28-14 in Week 1 but rebounded with a 28-0 win over Hen Hud on Thursday.