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Mountaineers fall to strong Ellington team

Falls Village — The Housatonic Valley Regional High School Mountaineers football team (which includes players from Wamogo High School) once again made enough mistakes to let a winnable game slip away in the second half, falling to the Ellington Knights, 28-6, Saturday, Nov. 7.

“It all comes down to fundamentals — holding on to the football, tackling, basic football skills,� Coach Deron Bayer said after the game. “We emphasize this in practice all week, but you have to execute them on game day.�

The Mountaineers held the Knights to a single touchdown in the first half, with a couple excellent defensive stands and some outstanding punts by Tanner Brissett, one of which placed the ball at Ellington’s 1-yard line.

With the Knights leading 7-0, Housatonic kicked off to start the second half. On the second play from scrimmage, Ellington’s Nate Trembi found an opening and dashed 48 yards for a touchdown. With another successful extra point, the Mountaineers were down 14-0 early in the third quarter.

But Housy responded. Brissett found Zach Williams open for a 48-yard pass that put the Mountaineers on the scoreboard. The two-point conversion failed, but Housy narrowed the gap to 14-6.

The next series exemplified all that is good, and not so good, about this year’s team. With the Knights driving the field, Brissett jumped a pass route and picked off the ball, returning the interception to the Ellington 32-yard line. The Mountaineers had the ball deep in the Knights’ territory, and all the momentum to tie up the game. But a Housy fumble gave the ball right back to Ellington, and once again Trembi broke off a huge 70-yard run for another touchdown.  

This 14-point swing was the turning point of what had been a close game, and the Mountaineers were unable to recover.

Although they continued to play hard, with Joe Habacker pulling down an interception in the fourth quarter, which led to a drive to the Knights’ 15-yard line, another fumble once again thwarted Housy’s chance to score. Ellington’s Trembi pulled off the hat trick, scoring for the third time on an 11-yard touchdown to put the game at 28-6.

 The 1-6 Mountaineers’ last home game of the season, against a 1-7 Stafford team, will be played Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m.   Housy has a perfect 6-0 record against this team, but Stafford is improving despite their record.  This will also be the game where the Mountaineers honor their senior class, so arrive early for the festivities.

Lakeville Journal

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