The matchup between Half Hollow Hills West and Hauppauge on Friday hardly resembled the 14-6 effort from their previous meeting. The Half Hollow Hills West Colts took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 47-17 win over the Hauppauge Eagles. 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 had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 112 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries, and also threw for 202 yards and two touchdowns on perfect 10-for-10 passing. His longest rush was for an impressive 62 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another player making a difference was Christian Alfaro, who rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Half Hollow Hills West's defense and their five sacks. Leading the way was Mason Reisch with two. Half Hollow Hills West got some further help from Gurneal Parhar: he made nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Half Hollow Hills West was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 235 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Half Hollow Hills West's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Hauppauge, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-1.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Half Hollow Hills West will welcome Harborfields at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for Hauppauge, they have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Rocky Point at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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