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Walt Whitman Ward Melville

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Patriots

The Ward Melville (East Setauket, NY) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Walt Whitman (Huntington Station, NY) by a score of 35-21.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Walt Whitman	-	-	-	-	21
Ward Melville	-	-	-	-	35

Final score provided by T. Asbell.

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Walt Whitman (23-24)

Walt Whitman has not entered stats for this game.

Ward Melville (23-24)

Ward Melville

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	8	19	90	.421	11.3	1		24	74.5
5	Ethan Burgos (Sr)	8	19	90	.421	11.3	1		24	74.5

Ward Melville

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	39	390	10.0	65	1	4
5	Ethan Burgos (Sr)	11	80	7.3	18	0	2
9	Jackson Weber (Sr)	1	4	4.0	4	0
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	9	90	10.0	19	0	2
33	Griffin Kramer (Sr)	18	216	12.0	65	1

Ward Melville

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	8	90	11.3	24	1
4	M. Marzovilla (Sr)	2	25	12.5	21
7	S. Jolley (Sr)	1	18	18.0	18
9	Jackson Weber (Sr)	2	30	15.0	24	1
11	Brody Morgan (Sr)	1	14	14.0	14
33	Griffin Kramer (Sr)	2	3	1.5	2

Ward Melville

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	3	3	10
5	Ethan Burgos (Sr)	2	2
33	Griffin Kramer (Sr)	1	1	2
50	Devon Larsen (Jr)			2
52	Bobby Ehlers (Sr)			4
54	N. Bergamaschi (Sr)			1
65	Brennan Kurtz (Jr)			1

Ward Melville

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	390	90	86	1	0	567
4	M. Marzovilla (Sr)		25	23			48
5	Ethan Burgos (Sr)	80					80
7	S. Jolley (Sr)		18				18
9	Jackson Weber (Sr)	4	30				34
11	Brody Morgan (Sr)		14	32	1		47
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	90		31		0	121
33	Griffin Kramer (Sr)	216	3				219

Ward Melville

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	390	90	90	480
4	M. Marzovilla (Sr)			25	25
5	Ethan Burgos (Sr)	80	90		170
7	S. Jolley (Sr)			18	18
9	Jackson Weber (Sr)	4		30	34
11	Brody Morgan (Sr)			14	14
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	90			90
33	Griffin Kramer (Sr)	216		3	219

Ward Melville

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	28	12	40	3.0
1	M. Riccardi (Sr)	2		2
2	A. Competello (Sr)	2		2
11	Brody Morgan (Sr)	1	2	3
14	Joe Massaro (Jr)	2	1	3
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	8	1	9
25	Tyler Blasco	2	1	3
33	Griffin Kramer (Sr)	5	2	7	2.0
35	Zachary Teer (Sr)	1	3	4
53	Cj Ward (Sr)	3	1	4	1.0
54	N. Bergamaschi (Sr)	2		2
65	Brennan Kurtz (Jr)		1	1

Ward Melville

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks
	Team Totals	2.0
14	Joe Massaro (Jr)	1.0
53	Cj Ward (Sr)	.5
65	Brennan Kurtz (Jr)	.5

Ward Melville

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	Caus
	Team Totals	2	0	0.0	6	1	1
1	M. Riccardi (Sr)				1
11	Brody Morgan (Sr)				1
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	1	0	0.0	3
23	Tony Gorsky (So)						1
25	Tyler Blasco	1	0	0.0	1
75	J. Ventimiglia (Sr)					1

Ward Melville

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	2				1
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	2				1

Ward Melville

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	2	63	31.5	32
3	A. Buscaglia	2	63	31.5	32

Ward Melville

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	3	86	28.7	32	1	1	1.0	1	87
4	M. Marzovilla (Sr)	1	23	23.0	23					23
11	Brody Morgan (Sr)	1	32	32.0	32	1	1	1.0	1	33
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	1	31	31.0	31					31

Ward Melville

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	5	30	5	35
5	Ethan Burgos (Sr)	2	12		12
9	Jackson Weber (Sr)	1	6		6
11	Brody Morgan (Sr)			2	2
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	2	12	3	15

Ward Melville

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	5	5	1.0	5
11	Brody Morgan (Sr)	2	2	1.0	2
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	3	3	1.0	3

Ward Melville

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	4	1	5
5	Ethan Burgos (Sr)	2		2
9	Jackson Weber (Sr)		1	1
20	Daniel Brausch (Sr)	2		2

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Recap Video

Recap: Ward Melville vs. Walt Whitman 2023 155 views 1:37

Game Story

New York High School Football - Ward Melville topples Walt Whitman

September 8, 2023: East Setauket, NY 11733

The Ward Melville Patriots (East Setauket, NY) football defeated the visiting Walt Whitman Wildcats (Huntington Station, NY), 35-21 in Friday's league bout.

In their next game, the Patriots face the William Floyd Colonials (Mastic Beach, NY) in a Section 11 Division I bout, on Wednesday, September 13. Ward Melville will attempt to move on its 1-0 season record. The Colonials enter the bout with a 1-0 record after their 31-0 league win over Connetquot (Bohemia, NY).

The Wildcats (0-1) will now prepare for their bout against Brentwood (Brentwood, NY). The Indians enter the Section 11 Division I bout with a 1-0 record. In their last bout, Brentwood defeated Central Islip (Central Islip, NY), 7-6, in a league bout.

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Players of the Game

Walt Whitman (23-24)

Walt Whitman has not selected any Players of the Game.

Ward Melville (23-24)

Congratulations to #20 Daniel Brausch (overall and defensive), #33 Griffin Kramer (offensive) and #23 Tony Gorsky (special teams) for being selected the Ward Melville Football Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Walt Whitman (23-24)

NY	Section	State Class
272	32	17

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
4-5	4-4	2-2	2-3	.444	.500	203	159

Ward Melville (23-24)

NY	Section	State Class
143	18	8

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-3	4-2	5-0	2-2	0-1	.700	.667	259	180

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Walt Whitman	-	-	-	-	22.6
Ward Melville	7.0	7.2	4.4	4.0	25.9

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Team Stat Comparison

Walt Whitman		Ward Melville
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	231.3
-	Passing Yards Per Game	100.3
-	Total Yards Per Game	331.6
-	Tackles Per Game	55.8
-	Sacks Per Game	1.5
-	Points Per Game	25.9
-	Pancake Blocks	113

Team Leaders

Walt Whitman		Ward Melville	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#5 Ethan Burgos85.0	20.7
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#5 Ethan Burgos97.2	50.8
-	Total Yards Per Game	#5 Ethan Burgos182.2	36.9
-	Tackles Per Game	#33 Griffin Kramer7.7	2.7
-	Sacks Per Game	#33 Griffin Kramer0.6	0.2
-	Points Per Game	#5 Ethan Burgos9.6	2.1
-	Pancake Blocks	#52 Bobby Ehlers30	6

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Walt Whitman	1-3		Ward Melville	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/29/23	Longwood	Walt Whitman	(L) 20-17	10/20/23	Longwood	Ward Melville	(W) 35-21
10/6/23	Sachem North	Walt Whitman	(W) 17-7	9/29/23	Ward Melville	Sachem North	(W) 29-7
11/3/23	Walt Whitman	Sachem North	(L) 42-10	11/10/23	Sachem North	Ward Melville	(L) 27-21
10/21/23	Walt Whitman	William Floyd	(L) 21-6	9/13/23	Ward Melville	William Floyd	(L) 31-21

Record Breakdown

Walt Whitman (23-24)		Ward Melville (23-24)
4-5	Overall	7-3
4-4	League	4-2
0-0	Non-League	2-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-3	Common Opponent	2-2
2-2	Home	5-0
2-3	Away	2-2
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
4-5	In-State	7-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0