Portsmouth and Middletown are Super Bowl bound.
Portsmouth will play Bishop Hendricken in the Division I title game after beating La Salle 23-6 on Tuesday night in Portsmouth. Ben Willett rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown and passed for 65 and a score to lead the Patriots. Austin Szczepaniak gained 87 yards on 22 carries and scored a late touchdown that sealed the win.
While the offense impressed, it was the defense that put Portsmouth in the Super Bowl. The Patriots came up with three interceptions (two by Dan Serina and one by Nick Martens) and likely would have shut out the Rams had it not been for a bad snap on a punt that gave La Salle the ball at the Portsmouth 2-yard line.
Middletown handed Rogers its first league loss of the season, 20-14, at Toppa Field in Newport. Rico McCray didn't put up huge numbers, but he gained close to 100 yards and scored two touchdowns on the ground. Dylan Gracia had the other. Christian Savage had a big second half, finishing with more than 100 yards, and helped Rogers come back and make it close at the end. But Middletown's ball-hawking defensive back, Dylan Atibagos, picked off a Rogers pass in the end zone to send Middletown to its third straight Super Bowl.
Check out Wednesday's Daily News for full results, reaction and photos from both games.
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