TRUMBULL – Jake Rios booted a 29-yard field goal as time expired to give the No. 1-ranked St. Joseph football team and 24-21 win over No. 6 Greenwich Saturday in Trumbull.
The Hogs, who improved to 8-0, rallied in the fourth quarter, tying the game when Isaac Dane threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Justin Daniel with 5:19 remaining.
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Greenwich (6-3) tried to convert on fourth-and-one from its own 30-yard line, but was stuffed by the St. Joseph defense with 2:55 on the clock. That gave the Hogs a short field and they cashed on with the game-winning kick by Rios.
Daniel had a huge game for St. Joseph, catching five passes for 114 yards and two touchdowns and also returning a punt 50 yards for another score.
St. Joseph had to overcome the loss of lineman Will Zaccagnino, a Wisconsin commit, who left with an injury to his left leg in the first half.
Greenwich linebacker Justin Carroll led the Cardinals with 101 rushing yards and a touchdown on 17 carries, and threw touchdown passes of eight yards to Theo Ho and 77 yards to Max Townsend.
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Carroll took over at quarterback when Campbell Sippel went out with an injury in the second quarter. Sippel is Greenwich’s third quarterback, with the other two already sidelined, including starter Phil Tarantino.
Greenwich had won three straight against the Hogs from 2022-24. St. Joseph’s last win in the series had been in 2021 and that was the teams’ first head-to-head matchup in 11 years.
No. 1 St. Joseph 24, No. 6 Greenwich 21
GREENWICH 0 13 8 0 – 21
ST. JOSEPH 7 7 0 10 – 24
SJ-Justin Daniel 50 punt return (Jake Rios kick)
SJ-Daniel 28 pass from Jack Mooney (Rios kick)
G-Justin Carroll 2 run (Michael Galano kick)
G-Theo Ho 8 pass from Carroll (pass failed)
G-Max Townsend 77 pass from Carroll (Carroll run)
SJ-Daniel 25 pass from Isaac Dane (Rios kick)
SJ-Rios 29 field goal
Records: St. Joseph 8-0, Greenwich 6-3
This article originally published at No. 1 St. Joseph football rallies in fourth quarter, defeats No. 6 Greenwich on Rios’ game-winning kick.
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