Football Recap: Ramapo Snaps Six-Game Streak of Losses at Home

By Team Reports Oct 12, 2024, 10:33am

Football Recap: Ramapo Gryphons vs. White Plains Tigers

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Ramapo never got on the board in their matchup last Saturday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against White Plains on Thursday. They came out on top against the White Plains Tigers by a score of 40-33. For the Gryphons, this counts as revenge for the 21-20 defeat the Tigers walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2017.

Ramapo didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ryack Mota and Stevenson Dorisaint. Dorisaint also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ramapo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 283 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.

Ramapo's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-3. As for White Plains, they dropped their record down to 0-5 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.

Ramapo will head out to challenge Yonkers Force [Gorton/Roosevelt/Yonkers Montessori Academy/Yonkers] at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for White Plains, they will host Yonkers Brave [Saunders Trades & Tech/Lincoln/Riverside/Palisade Prep] at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. White Plains is facing Yonkers Brave [Saunders Trades & Tech/Lincoln/Riverside/Palisade Prep] at the right time seeing as Yonkers Brave [Saunders Trades & Tech/Lincoln/Riverside/Palisade Prep] is stuck on a three-game losing streak.

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