John Jay fought the good fight in their overtime contest against North Rockland on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the North Rockland Raiders by a score of 17-14. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Raiders are ranked 65th).
Although John Jay took the loss, they still got scores from Logan Lawrence and Vinny Angioletti.
Even if they lost, John Jay's defense still kept up the pressure with seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Nicholas Procaccino and Ayden Vitale, who racked up six sacks between them. Vitale also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
It was another big night for Jaquan Johnson, who picked up 103 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 31 yards and a touchdown for North Rockland. Johnson torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 73 yards.
John Jay dropped their record down to 1-6 with the loss, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for North Rockland, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2.
John Jay will be playing at home against Mamaroneck at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for North Rockland, they will head out on the road to square off against Suffern at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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