Photos: Dutch Steam Roll Blue Devils
On Friday evening, Sept. 12, the Guilderland football team had their home opener in the early part of the season, taking on Columbia. The Dutch took control from the opening kickoff as they sailed to a 47-to-7 win.
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Ready to cheer: Guilderland students stand shoulder to shoulder as they get ready to cheer on their football team.
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Excited to play: Guilderland’s Tommy Dwyer (4), Travis Berschwinger (1), and Dylan Stone (55) break through the paper banner before the start of the game.
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I’ll take that: Guilderland’s Rubin Reed smothers around the ball after the Columbia player fumbled the opening kick off as Guilderland’s Abdo Baraeya shows his excitement.
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High snag: Guilderland’s Tommy Dwyer leaps up to grab the high pass from his teammate Travis Berschwinger and gets into the end zone. Dwyer had two catches for 33 yards with two touchdowns going along with four carries for 21 yards and a touchdown.
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See ya! Guilderland’s Xavier Nieves stares at the wide open field as his quarterback Travis Berschwinger puts a finger up knowing his running back is going to score. Nieves ran for 145 yards on five carries and a touchdown.
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Going long: Guilderland’s Travis Berschwinger starts his motion to release a pass down the field to a teammate in the second quarter. Berschwinger had six completions on 10 pass attempts for 113 yards and two touchdowns.
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Sandwiched: Guilderland’s Xavier Nieves (15) and Rubin Reed (12) both wrap their arms around the Columbia player and stop him from going anywhere.
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Tush push: Guilderland’s Travis Berschwinger (1) looks to climb over members of his offensive line as Jacob Gordon (51) and Spencer Gray (61) look to help Berschwinger score.
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Getting outside: Guilderland’s Tommy Dwyer scampers towards the sideline to get into the open field to gain some yards. Dwyer had 21 yards on four carries and a touchdown.
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Got 'em high and low: Guilderland’s Joe Montalbano (88) and Aiden Dahlke (52) both sack Columbia’s quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
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To the ground: Guilderland’s Aiden Dahlke wraps the legs to bring down Columbia’s quarterback for the sack in the second half.
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Where are you going? Guilderland’s Rubin Reed wraps his arms high around the Columbia’s running back as he looks to bring him down to the ground.
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Hard runner: Guilderland’s Jaden Brown sprints towards the sideline as he looks to get down the field. Brown had 32 yards on four carries and 13 yards on one catch.
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Looking for an opening: Guilderland’s Xavier Farilien places his on the back of Hunter Benner as Farilien looks for an open hole to run. Farilien had 44 yards on nine carries.