Truman trumps Fort Hamilton in final seconds
Truman 8 Fort Hamilton 6
BAY RIDGE — Last Sunday, 0-3 Fort Hamilton hosted the 0-3 Truman Mustangs from the Bronx in a game that both teams anxiously looked forward to as their first win of the season. In a change of strategy, Fort Hamilton Coach Dan Perez opted to receive the ball after winning the coin toss instead of his routine choice of deferring receipt of the ball until the second half.
Perez’s strategy paid off as quarterback David Harrell led the Tigers down to the seven-yard line on Fort Hamilton’s first possession. From the seven, newly converted running back Joel Torres ran the ball for a touchdown for the Tigers’ first score of the season.
On Torres’s second attempt to score, the Truman defense stopped the junior just short of the goal line for the two-point conversion attempt that turned out to be the key play of the game for the Mustangs’ eventual win.