The St. Matthew’s 7th-grade flag football team rolled to a 26-6 nonleague victory over Crossroads last Friday, pushing the Falcon’s record to 4-1. John Rockwell ignited St. Matthew’s with a tremendous 45-yard touchdown pass to Jackson Liguori on the second play of the game. Liguori leads the team in scoring this season. Rockwell caught a 10-yard pass from quarterback Andrew Goldberg and ran for 30 yards on another Falcons scoring drive. Rockwell had two quarterback sacks on defense while A.J. Hong scored on a 10-yard run in the first half, then answered Crossroads’ only score with a 70-yard kick-off return for a touchdown early in the second half’the longest kick-off return in school history. Quarterbacks Goldberg and James Ondaatje directed the team’s offense expertly while Cary Kriegsman and Evan Biscow executed all of their snaps from center. Conner Gill scored on a screen pass from Goldberg, who caught a two-point conversion pass from Ondaatje. Barrett Meister and Christian Williams anchored the offensive line with solid blocking. On defense, Falcons’ nose tackle Daniel Deloje and defensive ends Nick Albarino and Greg London each registered a sack. Jeremy McClennon, Shahrod Khalkhari and Daniel Ohriner played solid defense all game and safety Starr Hathaway made three touchdown-saving tackles in the secondary. Marcus Hogsta intercepted his second pass of the season in the first quarter and returned it to Crossroads’ 10-yard line, setting up Hong’s touchdown run. Goldberg added an interception late in the game. The Falcons hosted Campbell Hall Tuesday and play Harvard-Westlake Friday at Berkeley Hall.
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