Ansonia wasn't able to pull off the upset Saturday night in the Class S championship as St. Joseph won the title by beating the Chargers, 49-28.
I wasn't there but I was following along with the tweets of everyone there and it didn't seem like the final score was indicative of the competitiveness of the game.
Montrell Dobbs finished his career with another stupendous performance, rushing 52 times for 303 yards and 3 TDs. Elliot Chudwick was 8-of-15 for 73 yards, a TD, and 2 INT.
On the Cadets' side, Tyler Matakevich and LJ Hunt both rushed for over 100 yards and 2 TDs each. Matakevich also caught a pair of touchdowns from Joe Della Vecchia, who was 13-of-19 for 182 yards and 3 TDs.
Some interesting team stats from the game:
- Ansonia outgained St. Joseph in first downs, 20-18
- St. Joseph outgained Ansonia in total yards, 415-410
- Ansonia owned the time of possession, 28:44-19:16
- Ansonia was 5-of-14 on third downs; St. Joseph was 2-of-7
- Ansonia was 2-of-6 on fourth downs; St. Joseph was 1-of-2
- St. Joseph's average starting field position was its own 44; Ansonia's was its own 30
Congratulations to St. Joseph for winning its 10th state title and its second straight. Well done to Ansonia on an excellent, overachieving season, and to Montrell Dobbs, who was simply incredible this year.
By the way, Dobbs' final playoff numbers in three games: 111 rush for 1,002 yards and 14 TDs (official media stats; 113 rush for 1,047 yards and 14 TDs with Ansonia official stats). Wow.
