St. Anthony's comes up a half yard short
Photo credit: James Escher | St. Anthony's running back Anthony Anderson picks up a first down in the fourth quarter of the NYCHSFL varsity football Class AAA championship game vs. Chaminade at Mitchel Athletic Complex. (Dec. 1, 2012)
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On a cold, windy night at Mitchel Athletic Complex, the bodies were stacked up like firewood. Chaminade tacklers mingled with St. Anthony's blockers, and somewhere in the pile was fullback Anthony Anderson, a football wrapped in his arms.
Did the football travel the distance necessary for St. Anthony's to gain a first down on fourth-and-1 from its own 27-yard line, protecting a two-point lead...
