Schuylerville Varsity Football Winning Season
Schuylerville ended their second consecutive season undefeated with a 54-20 win against Susquehanna Valley on Saturday, Oct. 23.
The Black Horses got the scoring started in the first quarter with L. Sherman’s 5 yd. TD run and Ollie Bolduc’s 11 yd. fumble recovery TD, with a 2pt. conversion from O. Sherman to Ollie Bolduc.
Schuylerville scored twice more before the half on: L. Sherman’s 6 yd. TD run and 2 pt. conversion, and L. Cumm’s 9 yd. TD run and 2 pt. conversion from O. Sherman to R. Dow. Susquehanna did all their scoring in the second quarter – Howard had a 16 yd. TD run, Bowman had a 20 yd. TD pass to Howard (Rychlewski 2 pt. conversion), and Rychlewski had a 4 yd. TD run.
Schuylerville battled back against Susquehanna’s efforts in the third quarter with O. Sherman’s 23 yd. TD run, and 2 pt. conversion from O. Sherman to Otto Bolduc, and L. Sherman’s 4 yd. TD run, and 2 pt. conversion from O. Sherman to Dow. They rounded off their scoring in the fourth quarter with L. Sherman’s 8 yd. TD run – his fourth TD of the game.
Schuylerville had 384 offensive yds., 256 of them rushing, with lead rushers of the game being Cumm with 15 carries for 92 yds. and 1 TD, L. Sherman with 16 caries for 84 yds. and 4 TDs, and O. Sherman with 7 carries for 61 yds. and 1 TD.
Quarterback O. Sherman threw 12 passes for 14 for 128 yds.
Receiving, Otto Bolduc had 7 catches for 73 yds., Dow had 3 catches for 39 yds., and Cumm had 2 catches for 16 yds.
Defensive highlights for the Black Horses included Ollie Bolduc’s 11 yd. fumble recovery TD, A. Luzadis’s fumble recovery, and C. Patrick’s fumble recovery.
Susquehanna had 184 total offensive yds., 184 of them rushing. Top rushers for the team were Rychlewski with 12 carries for 70 yds. and 1 TD and Howard with 6 carries for 58 yds.
Passing, Quarterback Bowman completed 3 for 6 for 49 yds. Receiving, Howard had 2 catches for 29 yards.
Schuylerville’s first post season play-off game will be on Thursday, Oct. 28 at Schuylerville High School.