Denice the Menace used to drive Mr. and Mrs. Wilson crazy, but this time, Farmingdale’s Kevin Wilson was turning the tables as he lit up the scoreboard three times during the Dalers’ 41-27 upset of previously undefeated Massapequa.
“I’ve never beaten Massapequa in my life, ever since I was 5 years old,” the junior running back said, grinning from ear to ear. “We were just trying to pound the ball. We were running as hard as we could. This is just an amazing win. It’s almost unbelievable.”
Farmingdale’s upset on the road Sept. 22 leveled the playing field between the two rivals, as both moved to 2-1.
“Coach says every game is big,” Farmingdale junior quarterback Nick Lundin said. “This is the biggest.”
The young and No. 3-seeded Dalers have proven themselves, after graduating a handful of seniors. Farmingdale lost its only game of the season, the home opener, to top-seeded and undefeated Freeport. The Dalers knew it was going to be a close and high-scoring one coming in against No. 2-seeded Massapequa, especially after both were coming off big wins.
“We were able to win today, but if we played them tomorrow, maybe they’d win,” Farmingdale head coach Buddy Krumenacker said. “It was a great matchup I thought.”
Farmingdale scored a pair of touchdowns in each of the first two quarters for a 28-13 halftime lead. Wilson had six carries for 57 yards in an eight-play drive that ended with him crossing into the end zone on a 30-yard run to tie the game early with the Dalers’ first score. He added points on a 1-yard run to end the scoring for the first half.
Today was a big day for [Kevin Wilson]. getting a lot of carries and really feeling himself. He’s one of those players who gets better every week.
— Buddy Krumenacker
Although ending with 198 yards and three touchdowns on 22 attempts, and one pass reception for four yards, Wilson was quick not to take all the credit.
“Our defense played great from the first half to the last buzzer,” he said. “And our offensive line had a huge game. Linebacker Sean Sullivan is a great player, he really opened things up for me.”
Lundin worked his way into the in-between touchdowns to help Farmingdale jump out to its early lead. He made a 30-yard touchdown pass to Rich Hickis and took the ball over the goal line on first-and-inches. He finished 9-for-17 and 166 yards and two passing touchdowns, to go with his one rushing and 32 yards traveled on seven attempts.
“It played out pretty much the way we intended it to,” Krumenacker said. “We knew we needed to throw the football, and we did that successfully, and you’ve always got to run it, and Kevin Wilson had a great day running it.”
Wilson scored his final touchdown on a 64-yard run up the left sideline just 23 seconds into the second half. He sat out most of the fourth quarter with an ankle injury.
“He had a little issue last week and he got dinged up and was only able to play a quarter, so today was a big day for him getting a lot of carries and really feeling himself,” Krumenacker said. “He’s one of those players who gets better every week.”
Massapequa pushed for a third-quarter comeback with back-to-back scores, but a 34-27 margin is as close as the Chiefs would come. Senior quarterback Kenny Galvin (20-for-30 for 241 yards) completed a pair of passes to Angelo Petrakis for 54 yards in a scoring drive capped by Terence Gallivan’s 1-yard rush, and threw for 25 yards and ran for 19 in a 55-yard drive that Petrakis finished. Galvin also rushed 22 times for 134 yards.
But Lundin and Hickis matched up once more, this time, on an 18-yard pass, for the only points of the fourth quarter to re-extend the Dalers’ advantage.
Wilson said for he and his Farmingdale team to be able to do what it did, and for it to result in a win that knocked down Massapequa, is “the best feeling in the world.”
“Freeport is still going to be No. 1 though, so we just have to keep playing hard and keep winning games,” Wilson said. “We have a target on our back now.”
