The Rocky Point Eagles are on the road again on Thursday to play the Half Hollow Hills West Colts at 3:00 p.m.
Rocky Point is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Hauppauge on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Rocky Point had to suffer through a 34-7 loss at the hands of Hauppauge. While losing is never fun, Rocky Point can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 360th, while Hauppauge is ranked 155th).
Meanwhile, Half Hollow Hills West put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 58-0 victory over Harborfields at home. Fans of the Colts have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Joseph Filardi continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 281 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes, and also rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. A healthy portion of that aerial production (155 yards to be exact) went to Anthony Raio, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Half Hollow Hills West was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Half Hollow Hills West wouldn't let Harborfields keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Jerrel Jenkins, Jayden Smith, and Christian Alfaro picked up one apiece. Half Hollow Hills West got some further help from Gurneal Parhar: he made six total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Rocky Point's loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Half Hollow Hills West, their win bumped their record up to 4-0.
Rocky Point was dealt a bruising 42-7 defeat at the hands of Half Hollow Hills West when the teams last played back in October of 2022. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Rocky Point was down 28-7.
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