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Northport Youth Tigers Basted Three Village in Turkey Bowl

The two teams played at Stony Brook's LaValle Stadium on Thanksgiving Eve.

Summary: The 11-Year-Old red team of the Northport Tigers Youth Football League traveled to Stony Brook University's Lavalle Stadium Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve, to face the Three Village Wildcats 11-year-old gold team.

Score: Northport 27 – Three Village 20   

Northport Season Record: 8-3

Highlights: The 11-year-old Red Team, sponsored by Nolan and Taylor-Howe Funeral Home, represented Northport well Thanksgiving Eve, coming out of the contest with a victory.

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Northport started out on offense with RBs Conor Murdoch, Dylan Hunter and Preston Engellis getting tough yards up the middle, moving the ball to the opponents 5yd line. QB Sean Gardner, back from a broken ankle suffered in week #3, connected on a 5 yard pass to TE Tommy Thall with Sean Chin plowing in the extra point. On Three Village's 1st possession, the Tigers "D" set the tone, with LB Dylan Hunter forcing a fumble & CB Brian Ford recovering it on Northport's 48-yard line.

The Tiger's RBs went back to work and on a broken play Hunter scrambled 30yds to the end zone, with Chin adding another point, making it 14-0 in Northport's favor.

Three Village broke out in the 2nd quarter scoring twice and forcing two Northport punts. With less than a minute before the Half, Three Village was threatening again on 1st down on the Tiger's 20-yard line. Their drive was ended when CB Ford picked-off an errant pass made under pressure coming from DL Packey Tittman & DE Engellis.

 In the 3rd  quarter the Tigers fired back, scoring on a sweep left by RB Engellis from 20 yards out, then again on a broken play, RB Will Voss weaved through the defense, side stepping tacklers for a 30yd TD run with Hunter adding the extra point. Three Village came back again in the 4th quarter making it a 27-20 Northport lead. With the clock running and 4 minutes left in the game, Northport's offensive line dug deep and began a time killing drive. But penalties and a bad snap made it 3rd down and 25 yards to go, when Murdoch took the ball right, fought for some yards but was held up by two defenders, with quick thinking on his part he lateralled to his teammate Ford, who sprinted down the right sideline for 30 yards and a 1st down.

The clock then ran out and the Tigers won the "Turkey Bowl"!

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The coaches would like to thank the Police Athletic League and the Three Village Wildcats for inviting us to play in such an awesome setting — Lavalle Stadium — to end the season on a true high note!

Also thank you to the Northport Youth Football Club for helping to arrange this game, and to the  cheerleaders, who kept our spirits high all season and to the parents for their help and support and Coach Greg Gardner for sticking with us and leading the way even after his son Sean went down with an injury in week #3.                                                                                                              


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