Senior Jack Potenza, pictured below, threw three touchdown passes, ran for another, and captured the Mustangs’ Most Valuable Player award from the Fairfield Lions Club as Warde rolled past arch-rival Ludlowe, 35-14, at Taft Field to retain possession of the Gallagher-Banyas trophy, symbol of football supremacy in Fairfield.
Since the Thanksgiving Day rivalry was resurrected in 2005, the Mustangs have won seven of the 11 contests against Ludlowe. More than a generation ago, the Crimson Eagles won seven of the 10 Turkey Day matchups with their town rivals. Overall, Warde has won 14 of the 21 (.667) Thanksgiving Day contests since the first meeting in 1975.
Potenza found Whiting, pictured below, for touchdown passes of 69, 75, and 62 yards as Warde opened a 28-7 halftime lead and never looked back in winning the Gallagher-Banyas Trophy for the third straight year. Ludlowe ended with a 2-7 mark.
Warde took the lead on the game’s opening play as Potenza and Whiting hooked up for a 69-yard touchdown pass for a 7-0 score on the first of five extra points from David Summers.
“Great start to the game,” said Warde coach Duncan DellaVolpe. “We went right down the field, deep, just trying to back them off because we knew they’d play the run, and Jack and Mike had a great chemistry on the play. That was the start, and after that Jack just made plays.”
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