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NEW YORK MILLS -- The Dolgeville defense dominated Saturday while posting its second straight shutout and third in four weeks. The Blue Devils allowed only 77 yards -- 57 of them on one drive late in the first half -- in a 48-0 shellacking of the New York Mills Marauders.
The tone his defense set Saturday made life very easy for Dolgeville's offensive unit. Seven different players scored touchdowns and rarely did the Blue Devils have to snap the ball on their own side of the midfield stripe. Kyle LaGrange's 72-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was almost as long as Dolgeville's three first-half scoring drives combined.
Linebacker Matt Stallman recovered a fumble at New York Mills' 22-yard-line and four plays later Dolgeville had its first points on a one-yard run by Brett Radley. Brian Radley scored from two yards out on a quarterback sneak early in the second quarter and Steven Benson's blocked punt led to a one-yard touchdown run by Chris Mosher. Dolegville led 21-0 at that point and had allowed 13 yards on the Marauders' first three possessions.
New York Mills (1-4, 0-3 D East) showed signs of life on its final drive of the first half. Quarterback Christopher Critelli ran 14 yards for the team's first first down of the afternoon and Michal Nimiec ran for 16 on the next play. Facing fourth down after losing yardage on back-to-back plays, Critelli attempted his first pass of the day and connected with Cory Mackos for a 27-yard gain. A personal foul on the play advanced the ball to the Blue Devils' five-yard line and gave the Marauders' a rare scoring opportunity.
That opportunity would be squandered. Joseph DeSalvatore was stopped at the line of scrimmage on first down and Mosher dragged Critelli down for a two-yard loss on second down. DeSalvatore got back to the five on third down and Critelli was pressured into throwing the ball away on fourth-and-goal.
New York Mills squandered its only other decent field position nearly in the second half. Nimiec recovered a fumble in Dolgeville territory but Critelli was intercepted two plays later by Art Randall. The interception led to Brian Radley's 10-yard touchdown pass to Gary Foster.
LaGrange ran 72 yards for a touchdown -- he led the Blue Devils with 77 yards on four carries -- and Benson ran 38 yards and scored on his only carry as Dolgeville extended its lead to 40-0 before the third quarter was over.
Matt Wright added a safety and a six-yard touchdown run in the final period. The safety came after Dolgeville's second offensive unit turned the ball over on downs at the Marauders' two-yard line. Critelli faked a handoff and attempted to run a draw to hit right but Wright wrapped him up before he made it out of the end zone. Wright's touchdown run capped a 47-yard drive after New York Mills' free kick.
DOLGEVILLE -- The Dolgeville Blue Devils were not pleased with their loss in Little Falls last week and they took their frustration out on the Morrisville-Eaton Warriors Saturday in a 49-0 non-league victory.
The Blue Devils (3-1) scored five touchdowns in the game's first 13 minutes and methodically wore out an undermanned Morrisville-Eaton squad. Dolgeville dominated both sides of the ball, stifling the Warriors' offense while scoring at will with its own.
The Dolgeville defense set the tone for the game quickly. The Blue Devils pressured quarterback Brennan Mulcahey into throwing the ball away on Morrisville-Eaton's first offensive play and Ryan Jorrey sacked Mulcahey on the second.
"There was some popping out there on defense," Dolgeville coach Chris Connolly said. "That's the first time that's really come through."
Already trailing 7-0, the Warriors (0-4) were forced to punt from deep in their own end. Steven Benson fielded the kick near midfield, squirted through a crowd at the 20-yard line and was tripped up at the one. Dolgeville immediately gave the ball to Chris Mosher who barreled into the end zone for the first of his two touchdowns.
Having already scored on a 39-yard pass from Brian Radley to Gary Foster on the game's opening drive, the Blue Devils were well on their way to a victory over the winless Warriors (0-4).
Art Randall intercepted a pass at Dolgeville's five-yard line after a long kickoff return had put Morrisville-Eaton in Blue Devils' territory. Three long runs took the ball back out near midfield and Randall took a pitch down the right sideline 53 yards for a touchdown.
Any lingering suspense was gone after the first few plays of the second quarter. Brett Radley took a screen pass from his brother and ran 38 yards down the center of the field for a touchdown to open the period. Morrisville-Eaton took possession and immediately turned the ball back over when Benson intercepted a pass that bounced off Mulcahey's intended receiver. Benson ran the ball back to the three-yard line and Mosher scored on the next play.
The Blue Devils tacked on another score before halftime when Brian Radley ran a sneak following Mosher's fumble recovery at the Morrisville-Eaton 14. Matt Wright ran five yards for a touchdown to complete the scoring in the third quarter.
Defensively, Dolgeville sacked Morrisville-Eaton's quarterbacks three times and intercepted four passes. Jorrey had two of the sacks. Mulcahey and Maverick Gelatt completed four of the 15 passes they attempted but were under constant pressure from Foster, Jorrey, Mosher and the rest of Dolgeville's front seven.
Morrisville-Eaton had 16 yards of offense in the first half and had fallen back into the negative numbers -- minus-12 -- before moving the ball forward on its final possession.
"We played good assignment football," Connolly said. "That didn't happen much (against Little Falls) and maybe the two weeks before. It just showed up more against Little Falls."
In his first extended action since suffering an ankle injury against Mt. Markham in the season-opener, Randall led the Blue Devils with 89 yards on seven carries. Mosher ran for 46 yards on six carries in an expanded role in the offensive backfield. Brian Radley completed all three of his pass attempts for 72 yards and had a 51-yard touchdown pass to Foster called back because of a holding penalty.
Congdon, the first-year coach who embarked on rebuilding Morrisville-Eaton program, saw a distinct difference between the two squads on the field Saturday and hopes his players took notice.
"They're a lot bigger and stronger than we are," he said. "That's the difference between a a team that's involved in a weight program year-round and a team that's just out to play a little football."
The rebuilding process could take a while. The Warriors have lost 15 of their last 16 games since middle of the 2003 season and 19 of 21 games on the field -- they also picked up a win by forfeit two years ago -- since beating New York Mills in the Section III quarterfinals in 2002. the road gets no easier next week when Morrisville-Eaton returns home to take on Mohawk which can wrap up the Central Division title with a victory.
Dolgeville plays on the road the next two weeks against New York Mills and Oriskany, the two teams that moved from the West Division to the East this year. Dolgeville and New York Mills have not met since 2000.
Tailback Paul Graziadei threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Butch Pedersen on the final play of the first half and the Mounties survived four second-half turnovers in a 21-13 victory over the Dolgeville Blue Devils.
"This game was everything," said Graziadei who ran for two touchdowns and set new career-highs with 37 carries and 233 yards. "They came down here two years ago and put a whooping on us. I hurt my leg in that game and that's why Dolgeville is always a big game for me."
Little Falls now has back-to-back wins against Dolgeville in a series the Blue Devils have historically dominated. Dolgeville had won seven straight meetings and 12 of 13 before last year's 22-14 win by the Mounties at Dolgeville's Bynon Field.
The Mounties (3-0, 3-0 D East) dominated Dolgeville statistically Saturday, running 71 offensive plays to the Blue Devils' 33, outgaining them 447 yards to 177 and amassing 24 first down to Dolgeville's five. More than half of Dolgeville's yardage -- 115 -- came on two Brian Radley touchdown passes. Yet the five fumbles Little Falls lost kept Dolgeville (2-1, 1-1 D East) within striking distance.
None of the Little Falls turnovers led to points and three times the Mounties took the ball back with interceptions. One of those interceptions -- the first of two by Keith Crane -- led to the touchdown that put the Mounties ahead for good.
Two plays after Little Falls had fumbled the ball away at its own 39-yard line, Crane picked off an overthrown ball. Tied at 7 late in the first quarter, Little Falls embarked on a 12-play, 78-yard drive and took the lead on a three-yard touchdown run by Graziadei off the left side of the line. Graziadei's kick missed wide to the right and Little Falls held a 13-7 advantage.
Dolgeville went three-and-out and punted the ball back to the Mounties with 5:33 left in the first half. A 16-play drive milked the remaining time off the clock and produced Graziadei's touchdown pass. Facing fourth-and-six from the Dolgeville 23 following Chris Mosher's sack of quarterback Corky Douglas, the Mounties called a sweep and pitched the ball to Chad Guiney who was knocked out of bounds for a loss on the play. That play likely would have ended the half but two penalties -- an illegal block by the Mounties and personal foul by the Blue Devils -- gave Little Falls one more snap with three seconds on the clock. Douglas took the snap and pitched the ball to Graziadei who rolled to his left and lofted a pass into the end zone where Pedersen made a sliding catch for the touchdown.
"We knew a game was going to come down to a pitch pass sometime," Pedersen said. "Paul and I would go out in the street in front of my house and practice it. Someone pitches him the ball and Paul bombs it to me."
The play was not unfamiliar to the Blue Devils who had used a similar play in last year's one-point win over Mohawk. Art Randall's touchdown pass to Jason Foden on a halfback option tied the score as the first half ended that day.
The Mounties had started the drive with the same play that ended it. Graziadei overthrew a wide open Pedersen down the right sideline the first time. The Mounties sustained the drive by converting twice on third downs, once on a sneak by Douglas and earlier on a 12-yard Douglas-to-Guiney pass. Douglas faced heavy pressure on the third-and-10 pass but held his ground and was hit hard by Dolgeville's Ryan Jorrey as he got rid of the ball.
"They came down here two years ago and we had them 8-6 late in the first half," Pedersen said. "Then within two minutes they scored two touchdowns and we never recovered."
As dominant as the Mounties were on paper, the fumbles kept the game interesting in the second half. Two of the turnovers were deep Dolgeville territory -- one at the eight, one at the 10 -- and squandered scoring opportunities that would have widened the margin on the scoreboard.
"I just kept looking at my wrists," Graziadei said, referring to athletic tape he had written "never quit" on. "Our linemen played with the left side of their chest and I can't say enough about Barry (Spaulding). I kept telling them, 'Guys, don't quit on me and I won't quit on you.'"
Fortunately for the Mounties, the Blue Devils did not capitalize on the mistakes but they did come close once. Dolgeville recovered the ball in Little Falls territory in the middle of the third quarter and took a quick shot at the end zone. Receiver Matt Gonyea got behind Pedersen on the right sideline but Pedersen made a leaping grab of the pass and landed in the end zone for a touchback.
Brett Radley took a screen pass from his brother early in the fourth quarter and broke loose down the left side for a 76-yard touchdown that brought the Blue Devils back within one score. Little Falls fumbled again and Gary Foster pounced on the ball at the Mounties' 37 with just under seven minutes to play. The Mounties took the ball back three plays later when Crane picked off a pas that had passed through a receiver's hands.
Dolgeville had one last chance after Cody Foster recovered another fumble at the Blue Devils' 10-yard line with 1:09 remaining in the game. Dolgeville ran four pass plays, completed none and gave the ball back to Little Falls to run the final seconds off the clock.
Little Falls opened the game with a 13-play, 87-yard drive that produced a two-yard touchdown run by Graziadei. Dolgeville answered with a 39-yard touchdown pass from Brian Radley to Gary Foster later in the first quarter.
Brett Radley had 122 combined yards rushing and receiving for Dolgeville. Brian Radley completed five of his 13 pass attempts for 143 yards, 91 of them to his brother.
Little Falls travels to Richfield Springs Saturday to meet the Indians who fell to 0-3 overall with a 23-0 loss to LaFayette. Richfield Springs has been shut out in back-to-back games and stands at 0-2 in the league.
Dolgeville will play its final non-league game of the regular season at home Saturday against Morrisville-Eaton. The Warriors (0-3) were beaten at home by Frankfort-Schuyler Saturday, 40-21, in a Class D Central contest.
DOLGEVILLE -- The Dolgeville Blue devils dominated both sides of the ball Saturday and opened Class D East play with an overpowering 45-0 victory over the Richfield Springs Indians.
"We talked about it all week long among the coaches and the players," Dolgeville coach Chris Connolly said of the 23-point fourth quarter that bailed Dolgeville out against the Indians in 2004. "To give Richfield its credit, they had a lot of good football players last year but everybody has one of those opponents and Richfield traditionally brings tough, football-playing kids."
The 2005 Blue Devils (2-0, 1-0 D East) proved well-prepared for what the Indians brought to town. Outside of a muffed punt in the opening period, Dolgeville played an almost mistake-free game. The Blue Devils jumped ahead 33-0 before halftime and never allowed Richfield Springs to sniff their goal line.
Quarterback Brian Radley threw the ball only five times Saturday but all three of his completions went for long touchdowns. His first pass of the day fell into the hands of tight end Gary Foster behind double coverage for a 36-yard touchdown on the Blue Devils third offensive play. Matt Randall's kick was on the mark and Dolgeville held a 7-0 lead four minutes into the contest.
The touchdown was set up by a Matt Gonyea interception. Dolgeville had forced Richfield to punt after going three and out but the bouncing ball glanced off a Blue Devil and Richfield Springs covered it and regained possession. Teddy Dziadik made a short run on first down before the Indians went to the air. Brad Lindsay's second-down pass was dropped by Gonyea before the junior defensive back held onto his third-down throw.
Richfield Springs was forced to punt the ball away again on its second possession and seemed to catch a break when Kevin Cooper's kick rolled dead at Dolgeville's nine-yard line. The Blue Devils, however, needed only four plays to go the length of the field. Steven Benson ran 15 yards to open the drive and Chris Mosher's career-best 61-yard burst took the ball deep into Richfield Springs territory. Brett Radley's 11-yard run set up a first-and-goal and he carried the ball four yards on the next play for the first of his three touchdowns.
The Indians held Dolgeville on its next possession and Cooper once again pinned them deep with a punt that put the Blue Devils on their own 12 early in the second quarter. The Richfield Springs defense was unable to keep the Blue Devils at that end of the field for long. Benson raced 22 yards on the first play of the drive and Brian Radley scrambled for nine on the second. Following a timeout, Radley put the ball up again for Foster who tipped the pass over a defender, spun, caught the ball and ran 57 yards for his second touchdown of the afternoon.
Dolgeville's special teams got into the act before halftime. Shane Lyon burst through the line, blocked a punt and recovered the ball at the 12-yard line. Two plays later, Brett Radley ran 12 yards for his second touchdown and stretched the lead to 27-0.
The Blue Devils got the ball back one last time before halftime. Richfield Springs was penalized for interfering with the receiver on a punt and Dolgeville took possession at its own 25 with 1:35 on the clock. Brian Radley took one snap, lofted a pass down the right sideline for Benson and watched the speedster outrun the Indians for a 75-yard touchdown.
Dolgeville tacked on two touchdowns in the second half, one on a seven-yard run by Brett Radley in the third quarter and the other on Kevin Barton's 29-yard run in the final period.
The Blue Devils' defense was tough from start to finish. Dolgeville limited Richfield Springs (0-2, 0-2 D East) to 77 total yards and four first downs. Lindsay was sacked four times, twice by Foster, and intercepted twice; when he could get his passes away, he completed three of 14. Dziadik carried the ball 16 times for 55 yards, 17 of them on one play.
Offensively, Mosher led the Blue Devils with 111 rushing yards on six carries. Brett Radley ran the ball 10 times for 77 yards. Benson had 152 yards from scrimmage, 72 of them on seven rushing attempts. In all, the Blue Devils rolled up 339 rushing yards. Brian Radley passed for 168 yards as the team accumulated 507 yards of total offense.
The win sets up a showdown between unbeatens next weekend when Dolgeville travels to Little Falls to meet one of the two teams with which shared last year's league title. Little Falls dealt the Blue Devils their only loss in Class D East play a year ago, a 22-14 defeat in Dolgeville. Little Falls had last previously beaten Dolgeville in 1987.
DOLGEVILLE -- The Dolgeville Blue Devils opened the season with a 21-6 grind-it-out non-league win over Class C East opponent Mt. Markham.
The Blue Devils scored first when Brian Radley connected with Matt Gonyea on a 15-yard pass play with 4:41 remaining in the first quarter. Dolgeville converted two fourth downs on their initial drive of the season, the first coming on a 22-yard scamper by Art Randall on a punt fake. Randall, the upback, took the direct snap out of the punt formation and ran down the right sideline for the first down. Radley drew the Mustangs defense offsides with a hard count for the second fourth-down conversion. Matt Randall kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead.
Dolgeville's second score came with 2:18 remaining in the half when Radley hit Gary Foster on a 20-yard pass play for his second touchdown pass of the day. Matt Randall's kick was good and the halftime score was 14-0 in favor of the Blue Devils.
The Mt. Markham offense had three series where they went three-and-out and the Mustangs turned the ball over twice in the first half. Chris Mosher recovered a Eric Barrett fumble one play after Dolgeville's first score of the game and Gonyea intercepted a Tim Hodge pass to give the Blue Devils possession of the ball at the end of the first quarter. Matt Stallman, Ryan Jorrey and Brett Radley recorded sacks in the first half as well.
"We are quick on defense," Dolgeville coach Chris Connolly said. "We had a nice scrimmage last week and what we saw proved to be true. Our kids that came back with experience are on the defensive line and a couple of linebackers."
The second half was more of the same as the Blue Devil defense forced another turnover and held Mt. Markham's offense in check until the final minutes of the game. Barrett freed himself from the stifling Dolgeville defense to give the Mustangs their first score of the season with 2:58 left on the clock on a 47-yard run. Chad Rose missed the kick and the score was 21-6. Brett Radley had the third and final score for the Blue Devils, a seven-yard run with 3:45 remaining in the third quarter. Gonyea had the second interception for the Blue Devils.
"We wanted to grind it out. I wanted to throw the ball more, but when you are ahead by three touchdowns you don't want to do that too much," Connolly said. "What I was really impressed with was to give our seniors a break on defense, we had a couple of sophomores come in and the beat went on. One (touchdown) squirted out the back door but as far as I am concerned we pitched a shutout. It was pretty good."
"Art got a little ding to his ankle," Connolly said. "We put ice on it and taped him up at halftime and he was fine. We decided we would bring him back if we need him; fortunately we didn't. We missed him though because he is a go-to-guy for us. It was a nice test to play without him."
"Mt. Markham was a good football team last year and they are a good football team this year," Connolly said. "I know they lost their big back from last year but this was a good test. Next up is Richfield and they are another good team. They played us tough last year at their place."
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