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Quarterback Sam Ilario's 77-yard TD run leads West Islip past Whitman, 28-16

Sam Ilario breaks free from the pile and

Photo credit: Jack McCoy | Sam Ilario breaks free from the pile and runs for a touchdown against Walt Whitman. (Sept. 8, 2012)

When Sam Ilario was clocked in 4.50 for the 40-yard dash at last spring's Blue Chip combine, the fastest time of the day, no one was chasing him. Not so Saturday, in the West Islip junior's first game as a starting varsity quarterback.

There was no stopwatch on Ilario, but it's likely he was running at a record clip when he broke to the outside on a quarterback draw play and scooted down the...

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