Naugatuck soccer rides Brandon Andoh’s 5 touchdowns previous Notre Dame-West Haven
NAUGATUCK – The Naugatuck football crew discovered itself in a back-and-forth affair with Notre Dame-West Haven in a Connecticut High School Football Alliance recreation Friday night time at Craig Peters Field.
“We informed our guys, we mentioned pay attention, it isn’t going to be a straightforward recreation,” Naugatuck senior offensive sort out Llir Mamudov mentioned. “It’s like Mike Tyson, we’re hitting one, they’re hitting one again.”
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Naugatuck jabbed its solution to a lead, then put the sport away with a defensive adjustment turned pick-six. The Greyhounds beat the Green Knights, 51-35, to maneuver to 2-0. Naugatuck is at Woodland (2-0) subsequent Friday night time at 6:30. Notre Dame (1-0) is at Cheshire (2-0) for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Naugatuck junior running back Brandon Andoh carried the ball 34 occasions for 248 yards and 5 touchdowns (6, 50, 2, 8, 1). Senior Qwentarvous Lee, who missed time within the second quarter after getting damage, nonetheless managed to run for 204 yards and a landing on 16 makes an attempt.
“We as a crew play with super grit. We don’t cease, we’ve got that no fall again mentality, that web play mentality, that do not blink mentality,” Mamudov mentioned. “If we mess up and let up a TFL (sort out for loss), we’re going proper for it, go proper again to get a much bigger achieve. We are superb at not blinking and persevering by.”
Perseverance was positively key in a recreation the place it initially appeared just like the final crew with the ball would win. Naugatuck and Notre Dame went toe to toe, landing for landing. The first seven possessions resulted in seven touchdowns with the Greyhounds holding a 28-21 lead. Andoh’s eight-yard scoring run, his fourth of the primary half, and a fourth Gabe Bello further level with out a miss, gave Naugatuck a 28-21 lead with 34 seconds left within the first half.
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Notre Dame quarterback Wyatt Verrillo, who threw landing passes of 17, 18 and 4 yards to Eli Johnson, Michael Verderame Jr. and Raniel Matheney, confirmed his versatility when he stored the ball across the left facet on a zone learn and exploded down his crew’s sideline for a 77-yard landing. Christopher Medina-Romano’s fourth further level with out a miss tied the sport, 28-28, simply 1:01 into the second half.
Naugatuck responded in typical Naugatuck style, with a 13-play, 75-yard march down the sector. Andoh ran for eight yards on a key 4th-and-3 at his crew’s personal 46-yard line to maintain the drive going. When Andoh scored from a yard out with 4:07 left within the third quarter, and Bello added the additional level, the Greyhounds led 35-28.
“Our offensive line is big. We’re so robust up entrance,” Mamudov mentioned. “We impose our will on everybody.”
Naugatuck added a 27-yard subject aim from Bello with 9:51 left within the fourth quarter for a 38-28 lead. On the primary play of the following Notre Dame possession, Eric Harriot put the sport away with a 33-yard interception return for landing.
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“Coach (Chris) Moffo, our defensive coordinator, made an ideal adjustment at halftime,” Naugatuck coach Chris Anderson mentioned. “They have been actually hurting us with the bubble display early within the recreation, and we have been like caught in between, taking part in the quarterback and the bubble display, which wasn’t possible. We made a rotation in protection.”
Harriott, who tackled a Notre Dame receiver for loss on the primary bubble display run within the second half, jumped the brief route and ran untouched into the top zone. The Green Knights punted on their subsequent drive, then Lee tightroped the nook in entrance of the Greyhound bench earlier than working for a 77-yard landing.
“He went down, we have been nervous, however he is powerful as nails, that child,” Anderson mentioned. “He wanted to regroup slightly bit, he received cleared to return in there, and that was the consequence.”
Notre Dame’s Tahir Bennett ran the ball from a yard out after the second string gamers got here in to complete the scoring.
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Player of the Game
Brandon Andoh, Naugatuck: The senior ran 34 occasions for 248 yards and 5 touchdowns within the victory.
Quotable
“Andoh, he ran like a person. When Q (Qwentarvous Lee) went down, he carried the workload for us. He was a beast.” – Anderson speaking about Andoh’s efficiency.
Naugatuck 51, Notre Dame-West Haven 35
ND-WEST HAVEN 7 14 7 7 – 35
NAUGATUCK 14 14 7 16 – 51
N-Brandon Andoh 6 run (Gabe Bello kick)
ND-Eli Johnson 17 move from Wyatt Verrillo (Christopher Medina-Romano kick)
N-Andoh 50 run (Bello kick0
ND-Michael Verderame Jr. 18 move from Verrillo (Medina-Romano kick)
N-Andoh 2 run (Bello kick)
ND-Raniel Matheney 4 move from Verrillo (Medina-Romano kick)
N-Andoh 8 run (Bello kick)
ND-Verrillo 73 run (Medina-Romano kick)
N-Andoh 1 run (Bello kick)
N-Bello 27 subject aim
N-Eric Harriott 33 yd interception return (Bello kick)
N-Qwentarvous Lee 77 run (kick failed)
ND-Tahir Bennett 1 run (Medina-Romano kick)
Records:
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Naugatuck 2-0; ND-West Haven 1-1.
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