Mamaroneck Bests Scarsdale Flag Football Team at Section Finals

Senior Talia Arovas (#14) reaches in to strip the flag from a Mamaroneck ball carrier.The Scarsdale High School Varsity Girls Flag Football Team reached the NYPHSAA Class A Section 1 championship game on Friday, May 23rd, facing Mamaroneck at Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak, NY.

Freshman Emme Sanders (#27) leaps to evade a pair of Mamaroneck defenders.
The Raiders were well prepared for their biggest game of the season and the defense was very solid against a strong Mamaroneck team. In a steady rain throughout the game, the Tigers eventually pulled ahead 13-0, but Scarsdale got back into striking distance when senior Leah Brown broke free for a 70-plus yard touchdown run. The Raiders were unable to add to the score, however, and fell to the Tigers 13-7. Mamaroneck advances to the NYSPHSAA state playoffs while the Raiders end their season as Section 1 finalists.

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Junior quarterback Reese Newman (#18) sets up to launch a deep pass in the rain.

Senior Mia De Genaro (#22) closes in on a Mamaroneck ball carrier.

De Genaro (#22), left, and Arovas (#14), right, work together to pull the flag on a Mamaroneck runner.

Senior Gia Asen (#2) looks to break away from a Mamaroneck defender.

Arovas (#14) and Newman (#18) converge on the Mamaroneck quarterback.

Senior Leah Brown (#9) gets rolling on what would become a 70-plus yard touchdown run.

The Scarsdale bench erupts as Brown crosses the goal line.

Brown (#9), far left, and De Genaro (#22), far right, close in on a Mamaroneck ball carrier.

Sanders (#27) works to break free from Mamaroneck defenders.

Senior Oonagh Walsh (#16) follows through on a punt.

Arovas (#14) lunges to pull the flag on a Mamaroneck ball carrier.