46 FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 2017 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP PYO South and North face o Fontbonne nails down fi rst on Senior Night BY JIM DOLAN A er a convincing 72-42 win over Cristo Rey, the 10-0 Varsity Bonnies honored their eight outgoing seniors along with four members of the evening’s competition on Fontbonne’s traditional Senior Night. Following the Cristo Rey game, the Bonnies then went on to beat St. Johns Prep (49-15) and St. Edmunds Prep (78-53) to fi nish with an undefeated 12-0 regular season record to earn Fontbonne a fi rst place bye for the upcoming 2017 March playo s. Concluding the season over the weekend, the Bonnies earned a 60- 46 win over St. Joseph Hill in Staten Island in a fi nal non-league game for an overall season record of 18-4. A er the Cristo Rey game, eight members of the Varsity team were honored individually with farewell speech by one of their teammates, and were presented with a fl oral bouquet and a hand-painted portrait of their uniform by Fontbonne alumna mom Chris Kennedy. However, a recent Fontbonne alumna who is still involved with Along with the seniors of Cristo Rey, the Bonnies celebrate their 78-41 win to lock down rst place on Senior Night. This year’s 2017 Varsity Team includes seniors Emily Lind (#20), Olivia Chell (#22), Danielle Willoughby (#23), Emily Manti (#41), Tatianna PuertoReal (#32), Meghan Glynn (#34), Erin Kennedy (#35) and Natalie LaCognata (#44). basketball gave the evening’s most touching farewell. Assistant Coach Kate Oliver honored her former teammate Meghan Glynn, recalling when she irst met the newcomer Varsity freshman and took her under her wing on a team of upperclassmen. Photo by Jim Dolan “This is one of the best senior teams that I’ve had in my 10 years at Fontbonne,” said Coach Steve Oliver to the assembled teachers, families and friends. “You are an amazing group. You have been good representatives for this team, for your school and for your families.” BY ROBERT CAVALIERE South 27 North 12 Both squads were up and ready for a confrontation between PYO teams South and North, each with ierce determination to achieve success. Jack “Sure thing” Lally began strategically moving the South team down ield. He was met with unyielding defense by Thomas Robert Fegan, Dennis “Hulk” Urena, Gabriel “Meat Grinder” Ferguson and Steven Perez. Lally got three fi rst downs and busted through the North line to draw fi rst blood. Louis ‘No Way” Martinez used his kicking skills to get two extra points to the south cause. The North took possession but failed to capitalize on it. Mario Orlando, Brady Quinn and Ethan Velez gave the North only four chances to advance and they failed. The South line made a major push to the right while “Sure Thing” Lally swept to the le and charged to pay dirt. Jaylis Cruz took the hando and went in for the extra point, making it 15-zip, South. Charles “Rocket” Kitsakos rallied his team and made two fi rst downs. He then rolled le , breaking a few tackles and went in for the fi rst North score. A er the South failed on their possession, the “Rocket” went to work. He used Jacob Rodriguez, David Rivera and Adel “Guardian” Odeh to get within scoring position. He then zigzagged his way through the South’s defenses to score the second North touchdown. It was 15-12, South when the two-minute was warning given. Cruz and Lally took turns quarterbacking for the South to no avail. They were hammered by Rodriguez, Urena, David Rivera and especially Donavan Nunez. He made two solo tackles and assisted in a third. The South was stopped dead in their tracks because of their enormous e orts. The North failed to reach the end zone in the second half and their 12 points were all she wrote at game’s end. The South scored twice, once by Lally in an up-the-middle power play and the other by Cruz. The South completed the game with a 27-12 advantage over the North. Outstanding efforts by Martinez, Quinn, Saad Sandhu, Urena, Fegan, Perez, Rivera, Orlando, Velez and Ivan Garcia made this an exciting gridiron event. Photo courtesy of Robert Cavaliere Ethan Velez takes the hand-o from Nicholas “Night Train” Esposito, Jr. but Steven Perez and Leo Walsh are about to stop his run.
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