Leading off today: Kyle Strack scored to put
Our Lady of Lourdes ahead in overtime and then ended the game by intercepting a Somers pass, sending the state's No. 1 Class A football team to a 19-13 loss Saturday.
Strack caught a 20-yard pass from quarterback Max Kras, giving the Warriors a 19-13 lead after the extra point was blocked. On the ensuing possession, he picked off Kevin Olifiers' pass to end the game.
The Tuskers, defending NYSPHSAA champions, led 13-7 in the fourth with the help of field goals of 35 and 39 yards by Cameron Pope before Kras connected on a 37-yard TD pass to Strack.
Our Lady of Lourdes improved to 4-0 with the win.
Cornwall wins squeaker: Running back T.J. Gayle contributed TD runs of 77 and 80 yards in the second half and rushed for 283 yards as Cornwall defeated Newburgh Free Academy 31-28.
Newburgh began the week ranked eighth in state in Class AA and Cornwall was No. 7 in Class A.
Ahead 17-14 at the half, Cornwall extended the lead to begin the third quarter as Gayle hit paydirt from 77 yards out on the first play.
Goldbacks three-year starting running back Jadon Munroe missed the game with a hamstring injury. Sincere Tatum moved over from slot back and rushed for 137 yards and a TD.
L.I. receivers light it up: Brian Bornkamp caught five passes for 78 yards and four touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with :29.2 left, to give Plainedge a 38-34 win over Lawrence, the No. 17 team in Class A.
The winning grab capped a six-play, 80-yard drive in just 35.8 seconds as Plainedge improved to 3-0.
"I really can't put words into it," Bornkamp said of the comeback. "It's just a matter of hustle and heart."
• Jake Lazzaro caught eight passes for 231 yards and four touchdowns in Class AA No. 11 Oceanside's 34-24 victory over Farmingdale, ranked 15th in Class AA. Lazzaro capped a seven-play, 80-yard opening drive with a 28-yard reception from Tommy Heuer for a 6-0 lead. On Oceanside's ensuing possession, he caught a bubble screen for a 64-yard touchdown.
More Class A: Tommy Weaver threw to Alex Ujkaj for the winning touchdown with just 37 seconds left as No. 3 Yorktown edged No. 18 Rye 34-30.
Weaver (9-for-16, 161 yards, three TDs) engineered two scoring drives in the final 7:38.
"This was the game we desperately needed," said Huskers coach Mike Rescigno, whose team fell to Somers in the 2016 Section 1 final. "Even if we lost, we needed a test. Last year it showed in the final game. We got owned, no bones about it. At halftime I said, 'Listen, we weren't tested last year. I just want to see what you're made of. I want to see you fight. I don't want to talk about the scoreboard. I just want to see you fight.'"
• West Babylon took a measure of revenge for a pair of 42-0 losses last season, beating No. 24 Sayville 41-35. Quarterback Marc Esposito threw for three touchdowns, ran for two more and kicked five extra points.
West Babylon recovered an on-sides kick to start the second half, setting up Esposito for a 23-yard TD pass to Jason Fucci (six catches, 108 yards) that made it 34-7.
Back in the 'W' column: Whitney Point ended the state's longest active losing streak with a 32-28 shocker over Oneonta, ranked 19th in Class C.
Whitney Point had dropped 22 in a row since Oct. 11, 2014.
"We just came out with a chip on our shoulder because everyone underestimates us, QB Andy Davis said after rushing 24 times for 153 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown late in the fourth quarter. "Our line came out and dominated and everyone came out with that intensity. It was just a good win."
The going gets tougher with a game against No. 1 Newark Valley, the defending NYSPHSAA Class C champion.
• Onteora, which hadn't fielded a team the past thee seasons due to a lack of players, won for the first time since
