1987-88

LONGWOOD 7 0 6 0 13 FLOYD 7 14 6 0 27

John Wilkins rushed for 148 yards on 23 carries to help Tony Lechia win his first game as Floyd coach. Quarterback Vinnie Vitale went 6-for-13, throwing for 106 yards. Harold Beiters had three sacks for Floyd. Lwood – Walker 4 run (Liotta kick)

Floyd – D’Amato 43 pass from Vitale (D’Amato kick)

Floyd – Deshler 15 run (Moscato run)

Floyd – Combs 12 pass from Vitale (kick failed)

Floyd – Wilkins 27 run (kick failed)

Lwood – Austin 1 run (pass failed). Sept. 27

BRENTWOOD 6 8 0 12 26 LONGWOOD 0 6 0 0 6

Troy Walter scored on a 14-yard run on Brentwood’s first possession and added a second-quarter touchdown. Walter rushed for 117 yards and teammate Max Severe added 104 as Brentwood collected 306 rushing yards. Brent – Walker 14 run (run failed). Oct. 3

Brent – Walter 1 run (Banks run)

Lwood – Alston 1 run (run failed)

Brent – Severe 13 run (kick failed)

Brent – Sacek 46 run (kick failed) 

SACHEM 13 21 0 7 41 LONGWOOD 0 7 7 0 14

John Calabria set up touchdowns on Sachem’s first two possessions with 34 and 60-yard passes to Jim Pfisterer. Calabria completed 8 of 15 passes for 252 yards. Pfisterer caught three passes for 119 yards. Longwood‘s Ben Alston rushed for 105 yards on 11 carries. Sach – Yarusso 1 run (Peterson kick)

Sach – Giachetto 2 run (kick failed)

Lwood – Alston 67 run (Liotta kick)

Sach – Giachetto 2 run (Peterson kick)

Sach – Hayes 36 pass from Calabria (Peterson kick)

Sach – Disimile 67 punt return (Peterson kick)

Lwood – Berstein 71 pass from Schuster (Liotta kick)

Sach – Riccobono 29 pass from Calabria (DiAngelis kick). Oct. 11

WARD MELVILLE 7 21 7 0 35 LONGWOOD 0 0 8 6 14

Ward Melville scored on four of its first five possessions as it opened a 280 lead and moved into a first-place tie with Sachem in League I. Ward Melville’s Brendan Cody caught five passes from Frank Carroll for 104 yards. Carroll passed for 123 yards and two touchdowns. Teammate Joe Matassa carried 16 times for 104 yards, his second consecutive 100-yard game. WM – Cody 15 pass from Carroll (Cody kick)

WM – Matassa 1 run (Cody kick)

WM – Kernan 10 run (Cody kick)

WM – Kernan 2 run (Cody kick)

Lwood – Snead 9 pass from Shuster (Snead pass from Shuster)

WM – Reed 4 pass from Carroll (Cody kick)

Lwood – Walker 53 run (pass failed) Oct. 25

LONGWOOD 0 7 6 6 19 PAT.-MEDFORD 14 7 10 7 38

Senior fullback Lou Caripoli rushed for 125 yards on 15 carries. PatchogueMedford gained 336 yards of total offense. Quarterback Andy Scott threw for two touchdown passes giving him five in the past two games. P-M – Caripoli 5 run (Burrell kick)

P-M – Burke 22 pass from Scott (Burrell kick)

P-M – Reidy 35 run (Burrell kick)

Lwood – Alston 3 run (Popp kick)

P-M – Reidy 10 pass from Scott (Burrell kick)

Lwood – Alston 3 run (run failed)

P-M – FG Burrell 20

P-M – Brown 22 run (Burrell kick)

Lwood – Alston 4 run (pass failed). Nov. 1

CONNETQUOT 7 0 0 14 21 LONGWOOD 0 0 7 8 15

Quarterback Rob Grable threw two touchdowns to Chris DeFlorio, who caught six passes for 115 yards. Chris Shaffer’s winning touchdown came three plays after Bob McCarthy recovered a fumble at Longwood‘s 25. Longwood‘s Ben Alston had 150 yards on 18 carries. Conn – DeFlorio 15 pass from Grable (Marcotrigiano kick)

Lwood – Alston 35 run (Popp kick)

Conn – DeFlorio 44 pass from Grable (Marcotrigiano kick)

Conn – Shaffer 1 run (Marcotrigiano kick)

Lwood – Alston 7 run (Alston run) Nov. 8

LONGWOOD 14 7 14 0 35 H.H. HILLS EAST 0 0 0 0 0

Longwood tailback Ben Alston had 178 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 14 carries to finish the season with 1,014 yards and 11 touchdowns. Longwoodsnapped its sevengame losing streak while Hills East has lost 26 straight games. Lwood – Walker 7 run (kick failed)

Lwood – Alston 6 run (Walker run)

Lwood – Alston 20 run (Popp kick)

Lwood – Alston 46 run (Popp kick)

Lwood – Barnes 12 run (Popp kick) Nov. 15

Season Awards

MVP – Dearrion Snead

Bulldog – Scott Hicks

White Letter – Bill Veltri

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