It is one thing to win a title.
Overcoming difficulty and succeeding? That’s a very different animal, though, and the 2024 Curtis Warriors can now add it to their long list of accomplishments.
In the Warriors’ 27-26 PSAL 4A division double overtime triumph at Midwood HS field in Brooklyn on Sunday, Curtis overcame a 13-point halftime deficit behind backup quarterback Vincent Canzoneri and a tenacious defense that kept Erasmus Hall scoreless for the final 27:59 of regulation.
In the second overtime, Erasmus Anaiyas King’s game-tying extra-point effort went wide right, sealing the Warriors’ PSAL-best seventh city title. Curtis wins its first championship since upsetting the Dutchmen by a single point (36-35) in the 2017 championship game, and it finishes the season with an outstanding 12-1 overall record.
What makes us the city champions? Nobody anticipated this group, but their passion and soul have been everything, said head coach Peter Gambardella, who led the Warriors to a city championship for the fourth time in his 17 seasons in charge. We presented them with challenges. Our training was different. What made the difference was that we pursued it and were active right away.
We restored physicality to Curtis.
Nick Moukazis, the senior running back for Curtis, adding, “It feels amazing, it really does.” In addition to rushing for 126 yards on a whopping 27 carries, Moukazis scored the second of his two touchdowns to give the Warriors the lead for good in the second overtime. It’s been difficult and crazy, but the amount of work we’ve put in since the start of the season—from the spring and the weight room—has brought us this far.
(Even when we fell behind, we continued to rely on and trust one another.)
PHOTOS AND MORE TO COME
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