Fort Ham upends New Utrecht to advance in
Fort Hamilton 28 New Utrecht 6
Finishing the regular season with a big upset over Lincoln in the last of three road wins to make the playoffs, eight seeded 6-4 Fort Hamilton hosted ninth seeded 6-4 New Utrecht in the first round of the 2014 PSAL playoffs. In a more competitive playoff format, this season’s lower seeded (#5 – #12) teams fought it out to advance, while the first four seeded teams, #1 Erasmus (9-1); #2 Lincoln (8-2); #3 Tottenville (8-2) and #4 Clinton (9-1) all earned a bye to meet their next week’s opponent.
From the opening whistle the Tigers showed they were ready for their “second season” as Troy Booker scored on one of his patented long returns going 80 yards on the opening kickoff. New Utrecht countered with a score of their own on their first possession with a 40-yard touchdown run by Dayquan Russell to make the score 6-6 at the end of the first quarter.