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T R s c Flasllie. lose keygamefo De.rPark A Defe,at drops 1-3 Sayville to ninth in standings by Woody Hubbard Coach Lee VanVoorhees may get to coach his girl's varsity basketball team on time after all. Last Saturday Sayville practically lost any chance of getting into the playoffs, losing to last year's champions, Deer Park, 19-7. The Flashes find thE\msE\lves buried in ninth place behind Westhampton in the power ratings. To make mat- ters more dismal, Sayville travels to Dix Hills Saturday to oppose powerful Half Hollow Hills West. Hills West lost to Copiague last Saturday, 8- 6, but were playing with two regular backs out beciaus€' of 'injuries. Sayville can still have a respectable season by winning the next four games, a huge task, but it can be done. After taking a SaY\'ille punt on the 25, Shane Pinling, on the :second play from scrimmage, broke around the left end and dashed up the side- lines for 70 yards and a stunning touchdown. The Sayville defenders were caught by surprise and hardly touched him as he dashed up the field. The extra point try was missed but the Falcons led, ~ O. Starting the second quarter, after receiving a Matt Whalen punt on the 25 y the Flashes took over. On the first day., Eric Webber passed right into the arms of Falcon Danny McCaw, who ran 30 yards, unmolested, for an easy touchdown. This time the point was good and the shake-up Flashes were behind, 13-0. Later in the quarter, Brandon Senese took over at quarterback and promptly had a first down on the Sayville 40. A Senese pass to Jim Molloy was another :(\1I\8t on the Falcon '45, and it seemed as if the Flashes were about to roll. Brendan Lynch exploded to the 32 for another f\Irst down and the Sayville was in excellent position. Speedy Ryan dashed through the center of the Falcon line for the first down, but fumbled. However, KrisFix alertly recovered the ball and the drive was still on. At this jUllcture, Deer Park's defense became aroused and tackled Senese for a big loss back to the 25. It seemed to the Sayville fans that Senese had added an extra spark. Starting the second half, Webber was back as quarterback, but the quarter was uneventful except for a great kick by Gary Rowland that put the Falcons deep in their own territory. The final quarter saw Deer Park increase their lead on two spectacular field goals by Matt Whalen., one for 25 yards and the other for 35 yards. The first field goal was set up by a40-yardpassfrom Whalen to Steve Maxwell. It seemed like the ball hung in the air forever, but not one Sayville defender was able to knock it down. Sayville finally scored in the final minutes of the game on a 20-yard run by Lynch around the right side. James Mazzarella added the extra point and the game was over. The Flashes are now 1-3 for the seasort, but have been in every game. Lynch and Cox were the chief ground gainers for the Flashes. Cox, who is small in stature, but full of heart, gives 100 percent inevcty game .• y QiCTOBER 2 0, 1 9 Connetquot quarterback Scott Coppola drops back to pass during Saturday'S game ~galnst Longwood. Suffolk County Ne'NSIKevln Molloy I-Birds trounce Lions, 27-0 by Anthony J. Howard Capitalizing on Longwood's early mistakes to stake a 20-0 first half lead, the Connetquot Thunderbirds cruised to a 27-0 win last Saturday. The victory helped the undefeated T-Birds maintain their first place standing in Suffolk Division I football over Lindenh~t and Patchogue-Medford. Saturday's game, pJayed under a deep blue Fall sky with a wind brisk enough for football weather, was a match-up between the last two Suffolk Division I champs. Connetquot won the Long Island title in 1992, while Longwood lost to Massapequa last December. Though his team won decisively, coach NickMasi wasn't impressed with their effort early on. \We did well, but I thought we played ~loppy in the :fin;t half and Longwood just didrt't take advantage of our mis- takes. I thought it would have been a lot tougher game if they didn't get those bad breaks,\ he said. Early on, Connetquot took advantage of Longwood's mental errors on their first two touchdowns. Wide out John O'ConneH was left uncovered on a fourth down punt fonnation and Scott Coppola hit O·CoRIlell for a 43-yard gain. Keith Lamb capped the 7().;yard scoring drive with a two-yard dive. Later, on foUIth· and-36 situation, Longwood return- . er Chris Meyer muffed a punt and O'Connell recov- ered it inside the 10. Tailback Dan Hayes camed it in on the next play an.d Connetquot was up 13-0. Connetquot squeezed out one more first half touch- down off Coppola's spectacular 43-yard run. On third- and-IO, Coppola started left on the option, tucked the ball in and didnYt stop until the end zone, brealdng at a half dozen tackles along the way. O'Connell f\mished with 14 tackles from his line- backer spot and scored Connetquot's last touchdown on a one-yard strike from Coppola. The T-Birds meet up this Saturday at 2·2 William Floyd, the Division I coaches top rated WU1l heading into this season. Connetquot has already this season beaten Sachem, who shared the top rating with Floyd, fourth ranked Lindenhurst. The game begins &t 2 p.m. in Shirley .• Sayville deadlocks EI in field hockeY1- 0-0 by Hank Shaw Emotions ran high and tempers flared between two tough field hockey teams Monday afternoon. By the end of overtime, however, the dominant emotion was frustta- tion as East Islip knotted powerful &wville ().(). The game was characterized by a combination of grind- ing defense and missed opportunities. Sayville kept the ball in East Islip's end for most of the game, but the Redmen defense effectively shut down Sayville's high fly- ingofi'ense. The Flashes only made three shots on goal, only one in the entire first half, by sophomore defender Melissa Domingo. The second half was a see-saw battle for field position, as both offenses desperatelY tried to get. sometbi:Jlg going. Junior Lisa Bennuw led the East Islip offense and had several great scoring chances, but the Redmen Ilad trou- ble breaking Sayville's defensive, anchored by Domingo. \We haven't gone to overtime yet this seascln,\ ~e coach Demi Bineares said. \All three forwards were doing a great job, but there werejust too many kids down there [in the East Islip end].\ Sayville's offense led by senior left winger Lynda Maniscalco, struggled against a stingy Redmen defense. Maniscalco, SayviUe's leading scorer, spent the game dou- ble-teamed whenever the ball crossed midfield. Sayville, now 6,..3-1 in Division II, remains in fourth place while East Islip 2-6-3 in division play, moves into a tie for eighth place with Copiague .•
