Football: Delaware Valley uses statement drive to defeat New Providence

Delaware Valley’s soccer workforce took a punch to the mouth on Friday evening.

What was a really comfy lead had evaporated – rapidly – right into a one rating recreation, and it got here because of New Windfall operating the ball down their throats early within the fourth quarter.

However what adopted revealed so much concerning the Terriers.

Del Val responded with a championship drive of their very own, one which led to a landing, and it lifted the Terriers to a 33-14 victory over New Windfall in entrance of a terrific crowd in Alexandria Township. The Hunterdon County boys at the moment are an ideal 3-0 on the season, whereas New Windfall fell to 2-2 with the defeat.

“That was a press release drive, there’s no higher strategy to put it,” mentioned Del Val coach Mike Haughey of the nine-play, 60-yard march that culminated with a one-yard plunge by Patrick Garlinghouse. “(New Windfall) is an excellent soccer workforce and so they had all of the momentum, to go on the market and do this speaks volumes about us.”

Following that huge rating, Delaware Valley would cease the Pioneers at midfield and punch in another time. On third down, senior quarterback Jack Invoice broke free round proper finish and sprinted 46 yards to the home to ice the sport.

“Final 12 months was the primary time we had a house state recreation shortly, and so they got here in right here and beat us,” mentioned Invoice, a third-year starter underneath middle. “Now we have all had this recreation circled and needed to win it badly. I feel we performed that manner.”

Delaware Valley hopped out to a 14-0 lead the half, however may have simply had extra as they noticed three non-scoring drives finish contained in the Pioneers 30.

The breakthrough got here early within the second quarter, when Invoice known as his personal quantity from 5 yards away to make it 7-0 after he kicked the additional level.

After the following Terriers drive stalled the New Windfall 14, Invoice helped double the lead with 3:03 to go earlier than halftime to 14-0. Invoice completed with 75 yards and three touchdowns on 13 carries.

New Windfall got here out wanting like a distinct workforce within the second half, as quarterback Jackson Zarinko used his personal legs to get his workforce on the board.

Calling his personal quantity six instances on the second half’s preliminary drive, Zarinko finally crossed the airplane from seven yards out to chop the result in 14-7. Zarinko would rush for 109 yards on 17 carries on this one.

Each groups would then commerce blows.

Garlinghouse would end off the following drive for Delaware Valey with an eight-yard burst by the tackles, however New Windfall scored when Zarinko hit Ben Gullo within the endzone on 4th-and-Objective from the ten to maintain the Pioneers within the recreation.

That landing arrange the important thing drive that sealed it for the winners.

“Soccer is a straightforward recreation actually: blocking and tackling. I’m proud that our guys fought again, however (Delaware Valley) was the higher workforce in these departments tonight. Credit score to them,” mentioned New Windfall coach Chet Parlavecchio, Jr.