Jason Gwaltney
Gwaltney leads North Babylon in Class II
(11/27/04 - by Jason Molinet - NEWSDAY Staff Writer)
There's Jason Gwaltney, the record-breaking running back. Then there's
Gwaltney, the back-breaking football player.
Garden City watched film all week and coaches schemed into the night to prepare for North Babylon's super back. Yet no game plan, no amount of diligence could have readied the Trojans for just how thoroughly Gwaltney can take control of a game.
"Everything that can be done to stop Gwaltney has been done," Garden City coach Tom Flatley said.
And whatever Garden City tried wasn't enough. Gwaltney's final performance in a North Babylon uniform may have been his finest, from his interception to stop Garden City's opening series to the moment coach Terry Manning greeted him with a hug as he left the field with 5:03 left. Gwaltney's fingerprints were all over North Babylon's 43-14 win over Garden City in the Class II Long Island championship game yesterday before a capacity crowd 8,500 at Stony Brook University's LaValle Stadium....READ
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Scoring Summary
NB -- Gwaltney 10 run (Lynch kick)
NB -- Gwaltney 10 pass from Lynch (kick failed)
NB -- Gwaltney 19 run (Gwaltney run)
NB -- Hill 32 fumble return (Bolden run)
NB -- Gwaltney 13 run (Overton run)
GC -- Marino 12 pass from Carroll (Dwyer kick)
NB -- Gwaltney 11 run (run failed)
GC -- Dachille 10 pass from Carroll (Dwyer kick)
Game Highlights
Jason Gwaltney had 237 yards on 40 carries and five touchdowns for North Babylon (10-1) in the Class II Long Island championship at Stony Brook's LaValle Stadium. Garden City is 9-1-1.