Previously Unbeaten Brewster Football Team Bows To Somers In Semis

BREWSTER, N.Y. - The No. 3 seed Somers High football team hit the road Friday night to take on second-seeded Brewster in the Class A semifinals, with a ticket to the Section 1 championship game on the line.

Somers fans like what they see on the field, as Somers always stayed a step ahead of Brewster in a Class A semifinal.
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Somers coach Tony DeMatteo roams the sidelines.
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Jack Guida picks up yardage for Brewster.
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Somers players, including Messiah Horne (23) watch from the sideline.
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Brewster fans cheer on their team.
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Brewster players watch their playoffs hopes come to an end.
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Matt Pires (three TDs) and the Tuskers rolled past Brewster in a Class A semifinal.
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Skip Pearlman

10/30/2016 9:00 a.m.

In the end, it was the Tuskers (whose boys soccer team just won a sectional title, and girls team also reached the final) who derailed the previously unbeaten Bears, 42-35, earning a spot in next Saturday's 7 p.m. championship game at Mahopac High, where they'll face No. 1 Yorktown, an easy winner over Rye.

The offense of Somers (8-1) proved too much for Brewster to handle, with the visitor racing out of the gate to leads of 21-0 and 28-7.

Brewster (8-1) clawed its way back, with Jack Guida and the Bears closing to within a single score more than once.

But each time Somers had an answer, and it usually involved Matt Pires (three TDs) or Messiah Horne (two TDs).

Conor Dignan returned a punt for a TD for Brewster, and Jack Guida had two TDs and 58 yards rushing, and threw for a pair of touchdowns.

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