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Smithtown East wide receiver Joey Fallon makes a leaping catch. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown East senior Timmy Kinahan breaks up the pass play. Photo by Bill Landon
Comsewogue High School senior Matt Nowlan is named among Newsday’s top 100 high school football players of 2023. Photo courtesy CSD
Smithtown East senior Lucas Santangelo breaks out of the backfield. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown East quarterback Jake Fields rolls out looking for a receiver down field. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown East wide receiver Andrew Carbonara lays out for the pass. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown East quarterback Jake Fields throws deep. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown East senior Ryan Diffley in on the tackle for the Bulls. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown East senior Ryan Diffley lunges for the tackle. Photo by Bill Landon
Smithtown East quarterback Jake Fields follows lead blocker Charlie Tomasino. Photo by Bill Landon

By Bill Landon

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It was a rain-soaked field with howling winds at Smithtown East high school when the Bulls had their hands full against the Eagles of West Babylon Saturday afternoon in a Division II matchup. 

West Babylon struck first and often, peppering the scoreboard with 23 points in the 1st quarter, 15 more in the 2nd while holding the Bulls scoreless at the half.

Smithtown East struggled to find traction the rest of the way as West Babylon pulled its starters and flushed their bench to blank the Bulls 38-0.

The win lifts West Babylon to 3-0 on the season while the loss drops the Bulls to 0-3.

Smithtown East retakes the field with a road game against Huntington Friday night at 6 p.m. in search of that elusive first win

— Photos by Bill Landon

 

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Bulls quarterback Jake Fields tries to escape pocket with Tiger linebacker Calvin Blissett in pursuit. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Bulls Cole Milani and Brian Devlin bring down Tiger Giancarlo Valenti. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Lucas Santangelo ran for 120 yards against Northport last Thursday. Above, Tigers Max Brewer, Asher Levine and Brady Cooke combine to bring him down. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz
Scene from Northport Tigers and Smithtown Bulls football game 09/14/23. Photo by Steven Zaitz

By Steven Zaitz

The Northport Tigers Football team defeated the Smithtown Bulls on Sept. 14 in a rare Thursday afternoon matchup.

In observance of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, schools throughout Long Island moved up football games to Wednesday and Thursday last week. The short rest was not an issue for the Tigers, as junior quarterback Enrique Hernandez tossed two touchdown passes and senior running back Giancarlo Valenti rushed for 211 yards on 18 carries and a touchdown. 

Tiger junior tailback Christian Campoli, who left the previous game early with an injury, was back in the lineup and it was he who was on the receiving end of both of Hernandez’s scoring throws. Lucas Santangelo rushed for 120 yards for Smithtown East, and senior quarterback Jake Fields was 8 for 17 for 65 yards and had a rushing touchdown. 

The game started off with a bang for the Tigers as Campoli ran a down, out and up on the right sideline and hauled in a floater from Hernandez for a 63-yard touchdown on only the fifth play from scrimmage.

Smithtown East would begin the second quarter with similar explosiveness. Santangelo took a handoff straight up the gut for 66 yards on a 2nd down and 2. 

A great hustle play by Campoli’s brother Michael stopped Santangelo at the 1-yard line, but Fields would tie the game on the very next play with a quarterback sneak. The half would end with the score 7-7.

It would become untied after Northport’s first possession of the third quarter when Hernandez threw a perfect strike to Christian Campoli for a 34-yard touchdown to put Northport up 14-7.

Valenti would put the game away midway through the 4th quarter when he blasted through the middle for a 49-yard touchdown, to make the score 21-7 in favor of the Tigers. 

Northport is 1-1 on the season as Smithtown East falls to 0-2.

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