F REEDOM PLAINS – Ryan Schumacher alone threw three passes Friday, and one was an interception.

The way he and his Patriots ran, though, added than fabricated up for that abridgement of an air attack.

Schumacher denticulate the absolute touchdown in his John Jay High School football team's season-opening victory, a 21-7 celebration at Arlington.

"The bold plan was, we were activity to accessible them up, canyon it, again get beneath them with the run — a cat-and-mouse affectionate of thing," said Schumacher, who affable into the end area from a backyard out with 58 abnormal larboard in the third quarter, bringing the Patriots aback from a 7-6 halftime deficit. "We concluded up saying, 'We'll batter it all day,' so we aloof formed them all day."

Joe Lisowski ran in a 2-point about-face afterward Schumacher's touchdown to accord John Jay a 14-7 lead. On the aboriginal comedy of Arlington's afterwards drive, Lisowski intercepted a canyon and ran it aback 26 yards for addition touchdown.

"Oh, it acquainted great," said Lisowski, whose interception-turned-touchdown, and the PAT that followed, capped John Jay's 21-point, come-from-behind rally. "There's annihilation better, a big smile on your face back you see the brawl advancing in. (You) booty it, go to the house, and you're aloof pumped. There's no bigger activity than scoring."

Wiccopee's Patriots rushed for 169 yards through the aboriginal three abode while they congenital their 14-point lead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Arlington football hosted John Jay on Friday in Freedom Plains.

The Admirals opened the division with a methodical drive, acquisitive up yards mostly on the arena while befitting the brawl out of the John Jay offense's hands.

After accepting 39 yards on 10 plays over the aboriginal 4:13 of the game, Arlington denticulate the season's aboriginal touchdown back Chris Cremin begin Marc Barbieri for a 24-yard touchdown beyond the middle. Christopher O'Neil's PAT gave the Admirals a 7-0 beforehand afore the Patriots affected the ball.

As accurate as Arlington's aperture drive was, John Jay's aboriginal 2014 control was appropriately precise.

Content to run the brawl for their absolute drive, administration the carries amid DaShawn Greene, Danny Diedrich, Brad Belotti and quarterback Schumacher, the Patriots bound marched bottomward the field.

Belotti capped the nine-play drive with a ability ambit to the right, his touchdown run affairs the Patriots to aural 7-6. Kicker Saaid Martinez, though, absent the extra-point try, and Arlington clung to its one-point lead.

The Patriots affected the Admirals to punt on their abutting possession, a abortive three-and-out exercise, alone to acquisition agitation back it accustomed the ball.

Between a John Jay amends and Arlington's adamant canyon rush, the Patriots begin it adamantine to beforehand the ball. Having affected the Patriots into a third-and-14 from John Jay's own 33-yard line, Arlington's aegis best off Schumacher's aboriginal canyon attack of the bold with 6:39 larboard until halftime.

Arlington ran on all but one of the abutting eight plays, active bottomward to the Patriots' 4-yard line. On fourth-and-goal with four abnormal on the clock, O'Neil absent a 21-yard acreage goal, but his Admirals headed into halftime advanced by a point.

Not alone did Arlington win the time-of-possession action in the aboriginal half, but the Admirals additionally acquired 100 yards afore the breach – Cremin accounted for 47 of them – compared to John Jay's 69 yards, including 43 from Belotti.

Sean T. McMann: smcmann@poughkeepsiejournal.com; 845-437-4826; Twitter: @journalsean

John Jay High School's Brad Belotti runs for touchdown adjoin Arlington on Friday in Freedom Plains.

John Jay High School's Brad Belotti runs for touchdown adjoin Arlington on Friday in Freedom Plains.