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Herzog: Don't overlook that great Freeport defense

Quick ReadThe Red Devils' defense is the forgotten unit on the 2009 championship squad.

The victorious Freeport football team after the game.

Photo credit: Freelance/Photo by Joseph D. Sullivan | The victorious Freeport football team after the game. Freeport defeated William Floyd 38-14. (November 28, 2009)

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If Floyd could hold on to the real football the way Freeport's Corey Bateman held on to the brass football on the championship trophy, perhaps the Red Devils would not have been celebrating on the turf at LaValle Stadium last night.

"I'm not letting go! I'm not letting go!" Bateman said as he moved among teammates, coaches and fans after Freeport's 38-14 victory over Floyd in the Long Island...

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