XAVIER 14

Xavier Varsity vs. Christ the King

Franklin K. Lane High School, Brooklyn

Saturday, October 17th (1:30 PM)

The last time The Team Formerly Known as the Kaydets... and then the Bruins... (Est. 1882) began the season 5-0 was during Eisenhower's second administration, back in 1959, but that's where they find themselves today after beating Kellenberg 36-20 at Long Island's Mitchel Field last weekend.

In 134 years of Xavier Football, no team has ever gone 6-0, so the 16th Street Kids will have a chance to make history this afternoon when they meet Christ the King on the Queens-Brooklyn border (literally) at Franklin K. Lane High School. Today's game will also be a battle for supremacy within the New York Catholic High School Football League's AA Conference, because the surging Royals are also undefeated at 5-0 (4-0 CHSFL AA Conference).

It won't be easy. Christ the King has not just been winning, they've been steamrolling the opposition. After edging Fordham Prep 27-20 in their season opener, the Royals leveled Mount St. Michael 42-0, beat the holy bejeezus out of Holy Trinity 31-3, inundated St. Joseph by-the-Sea 40-6, and left Nazareth feelin' 'bout half past dead, 49-0.

Leading the Knights will be team captain and CHSFL player of the Week, Mike Chiarovano '16. The following is from the official CHSFL website:

Mike Chiarovano; RB – Xavier Knights

Drawing comparisons to the likes of the Knights’ legendary single-wing backs of yesteryear, Tre Solomon (two-time All-State/2012 First Team; currently playing at the University of Pennsylvania) and Seamus Kelly (ran for 2,700 yards and 47 touchdowns his senior season in 2009; four-time Rugby All-American for the University of California; presently a member of the U.S. national rugby team), Chiarovano would post his fourth straight 100+ yard running game on Friday night, carrying the ball 34 times for a season high 291 (of the team’s 465) yards and scoring all five of his team’s touchdowns in their 36-20 victory on the road against Kellenberg Memorial High School.

The 5’8, 175-pound senior from Queens has now tallied 683 yards and 13 touchdowns on 99 carries in 2015, and he has been the main reason that Xavier and their head coach,Chris Stevens, are off to the program’s first 5-0 mark since 1959 (only the second time in the 134-year existence of the team).

With their captain Chiarovano sitting at the head of the table, the Knights find themselves in possession of first place in the AA Conference standings as they prepare for their Week No. 6 battle against fellow unblemished Christ the King on Oct. 17^th.




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	TODAY: Battle for League Supremacy... and History Xavier Varsity vs. Christ the King Franklin K. Lane High School, Brooklyn Saturday, October 17th (1:30 PM) The last time The Team Formerly Known as the Kaydets... and then the Bruins... (Est. 1882) began the season 5-0 was during Eisenhower's second administration, back in 1959, but that's where they find themselves today after beating Kellenberg 36-20 at Long Island's Mitchel Field last weekend. In 134 years of Xavier Football, no team has ever gone 6-0, so the 16th Street Kids will have a chance to make history this afternoon when they meet Christ the King on the Queens-Brooklyn border (literally) at Franklin K. Lane High School. Today's game will also be a battle for supremacy within the New York Catholic High School Football League's AA Conference, because the surging Royals are also undefeated at 5-0 (4-0 CHSFL AA Conference). It won't be easy. Christ the King has not just been winning, they've been steamrolling the opposition. After edging Fordham Prep 27-20 in their season opener, the Royals leveled Mount St. Michael 42-0, beat the holy bejeezus out of Holy Trinity 31-3, inundated St. Joseph by-the-Sea 40-6, and left Nazareth feelin' 'bout half past dead, 49-0. Leading the Knights will be team captain and CHSFL player of the Week, Mike Chiarovano '16. The following is from the official CHSFL website: Mike Chiarovano; RB – Xavier Knights Drawing comparisons to the likes of the Knights’ legendary single-wing backs of yesteryear, Tre Solomon (two-time All-State/2012 First Team; currently playing at the University of Pennsylvania) and Seamus Kelly (ran for 2,700 yards and 47 touchdowns his senior season in 2009; four-time Rugby All-American for the University of California; presently a member of the U.S. national rugby team), Chiarovano would post his fourth straight 100+ yard running game on Friday night, carrying the ball 34 times for a season high 291 (of the team’s 465) yards and scoring all five of his team’s touchdowns in their 36-20 victory on the road against Kellenberg Memorial High School. The 5’8, 175-pound senior from Queens has now tallied 683 yards and 13 touchdowns on 99 carries in 2015, and he has been the main reason that Xavier and their head coach,Chris Stevens, are off to the program’s first 5-0 mark since 1959 (only the second time in the 134-year existence of the team). With their captain Chiarovano sitting at the head of the table, the Knights find themselves in possession of first place in the AA Conference standings as they prepare for their Week No. 6 battle against fellow unblemished Christ the King on Oct. 17^th.

	Xavier Football & Rugby Alumni E-Blast No. 1164 The 16th Street Kids fell just short of making history this afternoon, falling to Christ the King, 21-15. A victory would have given the Knights a 6-0 record for the first time in the 134-history of Xavier Football, but it was not to be. Here's correspondent John "Doc" Murray '67: "21-15 Christ the King final. The kids from Xavier are one tough team! They battled toe to toe with a much bigger CTK team and but for a couple of long TD passes the team might still have been undefeated. Unfortunately, an obvious pass interference by Christ the King went uncalled. The ref had the flag in his hand and didn't throw it! The game ended on that play. Great job, boys! You made this football alum very proud!!!" Thanks, Doc. And thanks for traveling all the way up from Avon, New Jersey to cheer on your gridiron descendants this afternoon. Doc, known to some as the Demon Dentist of the Jersey Shore, was a running back on Xavier's legendary 1966 team. He refers to himself as "the Unfamous 40" in deference to a Xavier running back of more recent vintage who also wore No. 40 during his gridiron career at 16th Street. That No. 40 (Seamus Kelly) just completed a stint with the U.S. national team, the Eagles, in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. Stand by... Tom O'Hara '69

	Christ the King scores late win over Xavier by Elio Velez on Sat, Oct 17, 2015 6:23 - @eliovelez Updated Sun, Oct 18, 2015 12:43AM. Xavier Free Safety #5 Zachary Cilmi stairs in disbelief as the Line Judge signals the game winning touchdown for Christ the King with 15 seconds left on the clock with the penalty flag in hand after an obvious pushoff foul.

	Christ the King quarterback David Navas was facing another critical moment late in the fourth quarter as the hosts were looking to score the game-winning touchdown Saturday afternoon. “With 19 seconds left, we didn’t pay mind to the fans, to the level of this game,” Navas said. “We just had to lock on this play and beat this team.” The Royals executed on the designed play. Navas completed a 19-yard touchdown to wide receiver Alex Miranda in the right corner of the end zone with 10 seconds left in regulation as Christ the King recorded a 21-15 victory over Xavier in a CHSFL Class AA contest held at Franklin K. Lane High School. “My quarterback put me in a spot where I had to go get it,” Miranda said. “I just did my job. I did everything I could to get the ball.” An impressive 10-play, 92-yard fourth quarter scoring drive helped Christ the King improve to 6-0 in what was a contest of two previously unbeaten teams. The Royals not only handed the visitors its first defeat this season, but also recorded their first win over Xavier since 1997. “We don’t want to underestimate any opponent and they played a hard game,” Navas said. “We thought about this game as a championship game. Down to the wire, fourth quarter, victory.” Navas completed 10 of 15 pass attempts for 282 yards and 3 touchdowns as Christ the King had success in the second half from the air. Miranda finished with 4 catches for 139 yards along with 2 touchdowns and junior wide receiver Tosin OyeKanmi had three of his game high 6 catches on the game-winning drive. The Royals, ranked No. 9 in New York City by MSG Varsity, had averaged almost 40 points in their last five games, but scoring the football wasn’t going to come easy against a tough Xavier defense. Xavier (5-1) struck for the opening score on the first play of the second quarter as Michael Chiarovano (21 rushes, 85 yards) had a 1-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead. Christ the King needed just four plays on the next series to get on the scoreboard as OyeKanmi outran a defender to complete a 40-yard touchdown pass and the junior completed the two-point conversion for an 8-7 lead with 8:52 left in the half. Xavier controlled much of the clock in the late third quarter and took 15-8 lead when Chiarovano lunged the ball into the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown run with 1:07 left. Royals coach Jason Brown allowed Navas to attack the Xavier secondary since the visitors did not allow his running backs to pile up yardage. His tactical switch paid off on the team’s next offensive series as Navas completed a 67-yard scoring strike to Miranda with 9:52 left in regulation to knot the game at 15-all. “I take the hit on this one cause I should have opened up the pass earlier. They were playing up on our guys,” Brown said. “We had the speed so we had to use it.” A potential Xavier scoring drive ended just inside Royals territory when Matthew Grizzle’s sack on quaterback Joseph Morelli helped to force a punt. The Royals started at the 8-yard line but OyeKanmi converted a critical third and long and made a 5-yard catch on fourth down to keep the drive alive and set up Miranda’s game-winning score. The late touchdown catch was a flashback moment for Miranda since it was the same combination in Week 1 that came up with a 29-yard score late in regulation to complete a 27-20 comeback win at Fordham Prep. Miranda knows his team will enjoy the moment but there are still better and brighter days for his team to still achieve. “Yeah it really does feel like that. My team did great this game,” Miranda said. “We’re just a hell of a team this year and we’re going to keep going. We’re not stopping.”