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AT SATURDAY'S GAME Freeport quarterback Isaiah Barnes, left, gets set to pass. Above, the Devils execute a play.
photos by Linda Hendrickson
Freeport loses nail-biter to East Meadow
by Linda Hendrickson
Freeport's Red Devils football team ended
its season Saturday night under the lights at
Hofstra with a disappointing 34-33 loss to East
Meadow Jets in the Nassau County Class I
Championship.
The game was a hard-fought dramat-ic
nail-biter from start to finish.
Freeport had some spectacular
plays and East Meadow was
methodical throughout.
.With the score 34-33, Isaiah
Barnes connected with Jere
Brown to move the ball to its own
30. The Red Devils then drove it
to the four-yard line as Barnes hit
Brown again. Barnes was sacked on
the 4-yard line but couldn't connect with
Leondre Simmon, and the run failed on the
final down. The crowd that was on its feet
expecting the winning TD was stunned and
quiet.
The Jets played a very good game, as did
the Red Devils. Simmon scored on a 14-yard
pass from Barnes and Freeport was on the
score board first. Rob Healy ran for a 13-yard
TD to tie the game but the Jets point-after was
good, giving them a 7-6 advantage. Brown
scored next on a 23-yard pass from Barnes
and then scored the two-point conversion to
go ahead 14-7.
East Meadow scored twice, giving them a
21-14 hard-time lead. The Red Devils were
fired up after the break. Evan Lapice scored
on a 27-yard pass from Barnes and then
scored on a 4-yard, run. One kick was
good and one failed. Freeport was on top
again. Healy scored on a 53-yard -pass
from Dylan Curry and the Jets extra
point was good, too. Freeport's last
offensive effort came on a 23-yard pass
from Barnes to Simmon, but the conver-sion
failed. East Meadow scored on a 5-
yard run with 4:23 left in the game, putting
them ahead 34-33.
Barnes completed 15-for-26 for 320 yards
and four TDs. Brown had five big catches for
100 yards and Simmon had 119 yards on five
big passes.
Four yards were all the Red Devils needed at
the end of the game but it was not to be. It was
a great season for a great group of young men,
but it wasn't the ending they wanted.
Featured athlete of the week
Jere Brown is the featured ath-lete
of the week. He is a wide
receiver and defensive back in
-football and the-shooting guard in
basketball. "He has been our go-to-
guy on offense for three years,"
commented Coach Russ Cellan.
"He makes things happen. He's
aggressive, skilled and quick
thinking on the field. Saturday's
. game is a perfect example of his
--talents."
"I like to run and it gives me
something to do. It keeps me
'Jpcused and out of trouble,"
j,-remarked Jere. "I enjoy volun-
>3teering my time to PAL Basketball
ijf. Jet* - ** J
"fstfnd Football especially, but I have
~; lalso done the
andBuild A;B"
activity he participates in the 21st
Century and Key Clubs.
Jere is planning to go to college
and hopes to play college sports. He
dreams of becoming an NFL player,
but will -set his studies and efforts to
the field of athletic trainer.
NAMES MAKE THE NEWS: Read about your neighbors! 64 local people's names were in your community newspaper this past week Maybe yours is in this week1 See inside.
Freeport community U
concerts continue I
page 2 1^
Come to the
holiday fair
page 2
Tony Giron
makes a difference
page 3
Red Stars
win division
pageG
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 2011-11-24 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2011 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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