Football Recap: New Paltz Falls Despite Strong Effort from Ben Gabriels

By Team Reports Nov 5, 2024, 8:00am

Football Recap: New Paltz Huguenots vs. Burke Catholic

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If New Paltz was riding high fresh off their 27-0 takedown of Saugerties last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The New Paltz Huguenots fell 44-31 to Burke Catholic on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Huguenots in their matchups with the : they've now lost four in a row.

Despite the loss, New Paltz still got an impressive performance from Ben Gabriels, who picked up 107 receiving yards and four touchdowns. New Paltz is undefeated when Gabriels posts two or more receiving touchdowns, but 1-5 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Sean Marz, who rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries.

Justin Mazzie continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Burke Catholic, rushing for 110 yards and two touchdowns. Mazzie's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 105 rushing yards.

New Paltz now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Burke Catholic, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-1.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. New Paltz's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on Wallkill at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wallkill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.3 points per game this season. As for Burke Catholic, they will challenge Spackenkill at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Burke Catholic's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three games.

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