BOCA RATON, Florida, Sept. 5 — Trey Tagliaferri threw three touchdown passes to lead the TSN No. 13 Bergen Catholic [Oradell, NJ] Crusaders to a 21-14 win over the West Boca Raton [Boca Raton, FL] Bulls.
The Crusaders extended their win streak to 13 games while ending the Bulls' own 16-game unbeaten run that spanned last year's 15-0 jaunt to Florida's FHSAA Class 6A state title.
Two of Tagliaferri's scoring strikes went to Anthony Busso – one for 31 yards and another for 83 yards in the third quarter that gave Bergen Catholic its first lead.
West Boca Raton actually opened the scoring late in the second quarter on a short run by Javian Mallory to give the host Bulls a 7-0 lead. That seemed to light a fire under the Bergen Catholic offense which scored two plays later on the 31-yarder from Tagliaferri to Busso to pull even headed into halftime.
The second Busso touchdown was the gamebreaker, and Bergen Catholic eventually stretched its lead to 21-7 before giving up a late touchdown to the Bulls for the final tally.
The Crusaders will take on the Winslow Township [Atco, NJ] Eagles next Friday, the same Eagles' squad that shared the stage with them a couple of weeks ago at The Battle at the Beach. West Boca Raton will visit Loxahatchee, Florida, that same evening to take on the Seminole Ridge Hawks.
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They'll take the next step against a Bulls' squad that is the Florida FHSAA defending Class 6A state champions.
A win by the Bulls and the tables may be turned; it could be West Boca Raton riding high in the Top 25 next week.
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FINAL — BERGEN CATHOLIC 21, WEST BOCA RATON 14
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|| FOURTH QUARTER ||
West Boca Raton cuts Bergen Catholic's lead in half with 49 seconds to play. They are unable to recover the onside kick, however, and the visiting Crusaders are going to get out of the Sunshine State with the win.
FINAL — BERGEN CATHOLIC 21, WEST BOCA RATON 14
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Bergen Catholic adds a late touchdown, and that's going to be hard for West Boca Raton to overcome.
4th Qtr — BERGEN CATHOLIC 21, WEST BOCA RATON 7
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We're heading down under seven minutes left in the game. It's still Bergen Catholic up 14-7.
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|| THIRD QUARTER ||
Tagliaferri finds Busso again, and Bergen Catholic has its first lead.
3rd Qtr — BERGEN CATHOLIC 14, WEST BOCA RATON 7
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|| SECOND QUARTER ||
And that's where we head to the half.
Halftime — BERGEN CATHOLIC 7, WEST BOCA RATON 7
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Trey Tagliaferri finds Austin Busso on a 31-yard strike to complete a 2-play drive to answer West Boca Raton's opening salvo.
2nd Qtr — BERGEN CATHOLIC 7, WEST BOCA RATON 7
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And Javian Mallory scores on a short run to put West Boca Raton on top at the 3:42 mark of the second quarter.
2nd Qtr — WEST BOCA RATON 7, BERGEN CATHOLIC 0
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We're still scoreless with under six to play in the second quarter, but West Boca Raton is in the red zone.
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|| FIRST QUARTER ||
And, indeed, we end the first quarter where we started.
End of 1st Qtr — BERGEN CATHOLIC 0, WEST BOCA RATON 0
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West Boca Raton gets the stop to force a field goal, and it's no good. Looking like a scoreless first quarter here in Florida.
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We're still scoreless inside the final minute of the first quarter. Bergen Catholic is deep in West Boca Raton territory with a timeout called by the Bulls.
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