The weather was drizzly and cold, but the night was filled with excitement.
The last time Minisink Valley played Monroe-Woodbury was in that epic battle
these two teams shared for the Section 9 championship nearly 2 years ago.
The
highly anticipated matchup between these two teams last year as you all know
didn’t happen.
You could tell both teams this year were pumped to be playing
each other, and have been wanting to play for a while now.
My team, Minisink, was
comming off a 6-0 loss in a game where both teams wasted an abundance of
opportunities. Monroe-Woodbury on the other hand had just come off a 30 point
win against a perennial state power in Binghamton.
The game kicked off at about
7 p.m., and the Minisink offense took over, but wasn’t able to compile a
scoring drive. After that Monroe’s strong offense had the ball with all-state
signal caller Dan Scalo at the helm. Minisink’s defense stopped Monroe on its
first drive with a Sean Callaghan interception close to the end zone.
After
missed opportunities by the Minisink offense and a miscommunication on a snap and punt that gave Monroe-Woodbury the ball on the Minisink 1 yard line,
Monroe went into the half ahead 14-0.
The second-half of the game was practically
a defensive stalemate, where the only points of the half came on Packy Laird’s
field goal early in the fourth quarter. The final was 17-0, although it felt like
a closer game then the score.
Both teams played hard and tough until the very
last whistle was blown and both teams had the utmost respect for each other when
it came to the postgame handshake.
One of the top teams in the state,
Monroe-Woodbury, squares off against division rival Newburgh in week 3. The ninth
best team in the section, Minisink Valley, plays its home and league opener
Thursday against Washingtonville.
It’s going to be interesting seeing how both
teams respond and do in their league openers come the 17th.
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Minisink at Monroe football game recap
The weather was drizzly and cold, but the night was filled with excitement.
The last time Minisink Valley played Monroe-Woodbury was in that epic battle
these two teams shared for the Section 9 championship nearly 2 years ago.
The
highly anticipated matchup between these two teams last year as you all know
didn’t happen.
You could tell both teams this year were pumped to be playing
each other, and have been wanting to play for a while now.
My team, Minisink, was
comming off a 6-0 loss in a game where both teams wasted an abundance of
opportunities. Monroe-Woodbury on the other hand had just come off a 30 point
win against a perennial state power in Binghamton.
The game kicked off at about
7 p.m., and the Minisink offense took over, but wasn’t able to compile a
scoring drive. After that Monroe’s strong offense had the ball with all-state
signal caller Dan Scalo at the helm. Minisink’s defense stopped Monroe on its
first drive with a Sean Callaghan interception close to the end zone.
After
missed opportunities by the Minisink offense and a miscommunication on a snap and punt that gave Monroe-Woodbury the ball on the Minisink 1 yard line,
Monroe went into the half ahead 14-0.
The second-half of the game was practically
a defensive stalemate, where the only points of the half came on Packy Laird’s
field goal early in the fourth quarter. The final was 17-0, although it felt like
a closer game then the score.
Both teams played hard and tough until the very
last whistle was blown and both teams had the utmost respect for each other when
it came to the postgame handshake.
One of the top teams in the state,
Monroe-Woodbury, squares off against division rival Newburgh in week 3. The ninth
best team in the section, Minisink Valley, plays its home and league opener
Thursday against Washingtonville.
It’s going to be interesting seeing how both
teams respond and do in their league openers come the 17th.