Rye 27, Harrison 7
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Somebody please tell me again why adults, administrators, decided in 2004 that it was OK if Rye and Harrison didn’t play football against each other.
Once again, today was proof that this really is THE GAME in this area if not the state. Rye won 27-7, scoring four touchdowns from the middle of the third quarter on, after being down 7-0.
Once again, the crowd was huge—no idea if it was 7,000 or 8,000 or more, but all the bleachers were full and people circled the entire field four, five, six deep. Probably more people at this game than most schools draw for their entire schedule.
And it was possibly the final game at Harrison’s Eugene Feeley Field, with the team set to move into its new digs, the artificial turf field at the high school up the street—although it remains to be seen if that field can handle a large crowd (doubtful) and all the cars (it can’t).
For Rye, which turned the game around when it got two big bounces on one play—a Rye punt that rolled all the way to the Harrison 10, first grazing the leg of a Huskies player before being covered by the Garnets—it marks another major milestone in an incredible five-year streak.
The Garnets, for the first time ever, have beaten Harrison five straight times. That includes the 2003 playoff semifinal, and it includes the dreadful 2004 season when it was decided they wouldn’t play the Huskies because of some dumb playoff-seeding system.
They have won 42 consecutive games against Section 1 teams. They are 50-3 with three trips to the state championship game, four Section 1 championships, one state title, and losses only to Chenango Forks (twice in the championship game) and to Albany Academy (in last year’s state semifinal) in four-plus seasons.
And it isn’t as if Rye is beating the Huskies when they’re down. Harrison won the last two Section 1 Class A titles, and was a one-point loser in the championship game the year before that.
Guess that means they can finally stop verbally stomping that Dino Garr can’t beat Harrison.
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Rick,
The new venue will be great and will have more bleacher capacity than Feeley. Might have to add temp bleachers for Rye like we used to or people could line the perimeter just like they do now at Feeley and Nugent.
There is sufficient parking for all but maybe the Rye game. Parking options will have to be worked out. There won’t be as much on-street parking but other options are available.
Disappointing outcome re: The Game but we’ll bounce back. Interesting that we have lost a total of 3 games to section 1 opponents since 2001 and haven’t lost to any team since 2004 with the exception of Rye, (See Buddy Fox’s post under Devaney’s blog). Curious to know why you think that is?
Bob
I’m not following the math there, Bobby. Harrison lost to Rye five times since 2001, right? And once to Nyack.
I didn’t know that about the new field. I have been told it has much less room for spectators.
And a lot less room for cars.
Rick,
The Huskies have lost 3 games, (Somers ‘03, Nyack x2 ‘04) since 2001 WITH THE EXCEPTION of Rye, (we’ve lost 5 in a row since ‘03…won the ‘01, ‘02 games). My point is that the numbers don’t make sense. It’s obvious that Dino…actually Tom Maloney…is doing something to stifle the Husky O. Curious if you had any thoughts on this?
Regarding the field….Unfortunately there’s a lot of “misinformation” out there. I’d be more than happy to go over the plans with you if you’d like. Let me know.
Bob