Raiders Flag Football Team Falls to Mamaroneck on Senior Night

Senior Stella Van Arsdale pulling a flag.On Wednesday night, the Scarsdale Raiders took on the Mamaroneck Tigers at Butler Field. These two teams had played each other a week before in a close game, ending in a Scarsdale win. This game was Scarsdale’s senior night, so they had determination to win, but Mamaroneck also wanted to get payback for last week’s game.

Senior Gia Asen running with the ball.Mamaroneck won the coin toss and started with the ball, so Scarsdale had to play defense. Scarsdale was able to force them to a fourth down and Mammo was forced to punt it on their first possession. Once Scarsdale received the punt, they attempted to push the ball up the field, but were stopped. They were also forced to punt the ball. Like the first possession, Mammo was stopped, and Scarsdale had the ball back. But as Scarsdale went to throw the ball, a Mamaroneck defender intercepted the pass. Mamaroneck was able to run it to the endzone, and as she was about to step into the endzone, a Scarsdale player pulled her flag, but it was still counted as a touchdown. After the touchdown, Scarsdale succeeded in stopping the extra point. And with a minute and 25 seconds left in the first quarter, Scarsdale was unable to get a touchdown.

The second quarter started out much like the beginning of the first. Scarsdale couldn’t score on their first two possessions, but then Mamaroneck was able to score a touchdown. Scarsdale got the ball back, but was unable to get very far downfield. Mamaroneck then proceeded to get another touchdown, but with a controversial call from the ref. As the player from Mamaroneck caught the ball, she was out of bounds, but the refs still called it a touchdown. After the touchdown, Scarsdale was able to defend Mammo from scoring an extra point.

At the start of the third quarter, Scarsdale got the ball back, and they were finally able to get downfield. Scarsdale was then able to score a touchdown, by sophomore Reese Newman running it in. Scarsdale was unable to get the extra point, and Mamaroneck ended the third up 18-6.Junior Reese Newman running the ball.

At the start of the fourth quarter, Scarsdale was able to get a good run down the field, but was unfortunately unable to score a touchdown. It went back and forth for a while between Scarsdale and Mamaroneck going down and back. Eventually, with two and a half minutes left, Mamaroneck scored their last touchdown, but no extra point. After this, Scarsdale decided to put all the seniors in, and it was some of their best defense they played all game. As the game came to a close, senior Lexie Litofsky got an interception. The final score of the game was 24-6 and Mamaroneck is the second team this season to beat Scarsdale.


Freshman Jordana Esterman throwing the ball.