New York City holds its own in elite high school football all-star game
New York City football took another step forward on Wednesday. Unfortunately it was just a small step.
After being embarrassed each of the last three years at the Empire Challenge, better known as the Boomer Game, New York City showed that it has improved when it comes to high school football by playing a tough game right down to the wire. Unfortunately, it still came up short, losing to Long Island 24-18 at Hofstra University on Wednesday night.
“I think we proved a point today that we can do it without those guys,” said New York City’s head coach Shaun O’Connor. “We had two goals, to win it and to show that we are a lot better than we were in the past pride-wise and playing-wise. Obviously we didn’t win, but I think we accomplished the second thing. These guys can walk off the field very proud today.”