For the second consecutive year, the Elwood-John Glenn Knights have finished the regular season with an 8-0 record having defeated the South Hampton Mariners 40-6. Under Coach Dave Shanahan the Knights have won eighteen of their last nineteen games, the only blemish being a loss in last year’s County Championship game to the perennial power, the Babylon Panthers. This year too, the pigskin prognosticators are picking the Panthers to repeat as County Champions even if the Knights manage to clear the playoff hurdles leading to the Championship Game at SUNY Stonybrook.

The Knights’ victory over the Mariners was a full team production. Leading the scoring effort, the Mighty Demon, Jack Moorehead, had two touchdowns including a sixty yard kick-off return. Pat (the “Speedster”) Pascal had an even longer run to the house, intercepting a Mariner pass on the Knights’ own two yard line and returning the ball ninety eight yards for a touch down. Austin (“Crazy Legs”) had two first half touchdowns and Reyes Gueverra had two field goals over thirty yards plus two extra points as this game was over early.

In addition to a potent offensive display, the Knights were dominant and opportunistic on defense. John (“Latke”) McDermott flattened several Mariner runners with jarring tackles. Joe (“Mr. President”) Gannon had an interception and recovered a Mariner fumble of a Knights’ first quarter kick-off. In an unusual twist, however, linebacker Matt Forsberg left the field with a clean jersey. The only explanation, the game was played on turf.