The Red Devils defeated the Massapequa 34-21, last night at Hofstra University, in the Nassau Conference I Football Championship.
The Red Devils’ (10-1) pass rush proved to be too strong for Chiefs’ (7-4) offensive line to handle. Chiefs’ QB Rob VonBargen, who was sacked on five occasions and threw three picks, only completed seven passes on 19 attempts for 145 yards.
The most devastating interception thrown by VonBargen came with 36 seconds remaining in the half to Red Devils’ junior DB Michael Groover. Groover ran the pick back for a 45-yard touchdown to give Freeport a 20-6 lead.
“I read the play right, saw the ball come out and just prayed to God not to drop it” said Groover. “It gave us a major boost, we kept the momentum from that point on”
That was the first interception ran back for a touchdown by the Red Devils all season.
Freeports’ ground-and-pound offense was also too much for the Chiefs to handle. RB Jules Harvey rushed for 138 yards and QB Erick Lapice added another 60 on the ground.
“We gotta give credit to the line tonight” said Lapice.
Lapice, a first-year quarterback, opened up the scoring with a one-yard run for a touchdown midway through the second quarter. Lapice added another rushing touchdown for one yard in the third quarter.
“ He’s [Lapice] the general that makes everything click” said Freeport head coach Russ Cellan. “He’s really a great high school player; he keeps this whole thing going.”
The Week 4 matchup between Freeport and Massapequa also ended with a Red Devils’ victory, when they defeated the Chiefs 27-26 in overtime.
Cellan told his players not to get distracted by the hype that the Class I LIC game will bring or they will “fall one rung short.”
Freeport will play the winner of Friday night’s Lindenhurst (8-2) vs. Connetquot (8-2) game at Hofstra University, Nov. 28th.
“The LIC has been our goal all year, there’s no stopping until we get there” said Lapice. “We still have one more week of practice, and one more game to play.”
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