Bellport beats Garden City for Class II LIC crown
Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | Bellport's 62 Ryan Sloan looks over and congratulates Travis Houpe after falling backwards in the end zone to score the go-ahead touchdown with 1:23 left to beat Garden City in the Class II Long Island Championship, 26-21. (Nov. 27, 2010)
For Bellport running back Travis Houpe, the pain was everywhere, except where it mattered most.
"I asked him if his knee hurt. He said, 'Yep,' " Clippers coach Joe Cipp Jr. said. "I asked him if his back hurt. 'Yep.' I asked him if his heart hurt. He said, 'Nope.' So I knew he really wasn't hurt."
Houpe shook off a couple of crunching hits early in the fourth quarter that sent him to...
