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Sayville Takes Down Huntington 34-21
Running game impressive for Golden Flashes as they go 4-0 on season.
The Sayville Golden Flashes (4-0) took the game on Saturday against the Huntington Devils 34-21, although this week's performance wasn't nearly as pretty as .
Quarterback Steven Ferreira threw two interceptions. While he did throw two touchdown passes, the running game of John Haggart and Zachary Sirico really shined against the Devils, rushing for a combined 105 yards and two touchdowns, one each.
"I thought our rushing game was very strong today," Sayville Head Coach Robert Hoss said.
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The Golden Flashes opened the scoring quickly with a touchdown pass to James Giattino at 7:47 of the first quarter, after stopping the Devils in their tracks on their first drive. The Devils got nowhere in the first half, having to punt on four out of five drives and turning the ball over on the fifth while the Golden Flashes posted another touchdown, a 34-yard pass to Tom Dieckhoff to lead 14-0 at the end of the first half.
The Devils weren't going to be held down forever as they started their comeback immediately in the second half, forcing Sayville to turnover the ball and then scoring their first touchdown at 7:05 to cut the score in half, 14-7.
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Ferreira would then throw his best pass of the night to Tom Hannan, a 58-yard pass, only to have a turnover on downs a few plays later. The Golden Flashes stopped the Hurricanes on their next drive and then capitalized on a missed fourth down conversion from the Devils, easily making their way down the remaining 40 yards of the field with an 11-yard run from Zachory Sirico and a 23-yard touchdown pass to Matthew Starr to lead 21-7 with 45 seconds left in the third quarter. Starr had
The Devils would get on the board again at 6:39 in the fourth quarter with a 23-yard touchdown pass to again cut the score to 21-14. However, it wouldn't take long for Sayville to strike again as Zachary Sirico ran in for a touchdown at 4:15 to make the score 27-14.
The extra point attempt failed on a miscommunication. John Haggart then ran in at 3:18 for a 8-yard touchdown to secure Sayville's lead once more, 34-14. Huntington would strike again for a 10-yard touchdown run to cut the score to 34-21.
Sayville's next game will be on the road on Oct. 6 at 3:30 p.m. against Harborfields High School.
