submitted by Steve Bradley
The Fighting Irish football team kept its winning streak intact after a hard fought, no holds barred slugfest against their Route 22 rival Cambridge Tigers last Sunday. Defense was the name of the game as both teams struggled to find something that might be successful on offense.
The entire first and most of the second quarter was played near midfield. Both defenses played like they had an undefeated season on the line, which they did. In the closing minutes of the first half, Hoosick Falls put together a drive that took them inside the opponents’ five yard line with a first down. However, the Cambridge defense, in a display that would make any defensive coordinator proud, kept the Irish out of the end zone and the result was a 0 – 0 halftime score.
Early in the third quarter, the Irish put together a drive which resulted in six points with the PAT failing. This lead was not nearly secure enough. Cambridge continued to try everything in their arsenal to get on the board, but the Irish defense was up to the task. Then a 60 yard Irish punt return, which actually covered about 110 yards, as it went from one side of the field to the other and back, by the Irish special team squad put the offense in great scoring position. The Irish offense pounded the ball over the goal line for six more points.
Final score was HF 12 – Cambridge 0. It was a shame there had to be a winner and a loser because it was a game that was very exciting and both teams gave it everything they had.