Lincoln football is one win away from returning to Yankee Stadium
Lincoln had taken an early 14-0 lead in last Saturday’s Public School Athletic League quarterfinal game, but New Utrecht started the second quarter off with a 32-yard pass that left it at the one-yard line in a big position to get back into the game.
With Jaleel Brown, who finished fourth in the city with 1,088 yards rushing, one yard is usually nothing, a foregone conclusion. But not on Saturday, not against Lincoln’s defensive line featuring four-star recruit Thomas Holley. The Utes were stopped in their tracks and eventually turned the ball over on downs at the two.
Four minutes later, Javon “Spanky” Moore found Luis Rodriguez open for a 38-yard touchdown pass which put Lincoln ahead 21-0. The Utes, who looked poised to get back in the game just minutes earlier, were suddenly trailing to a team that had only allowed as many as 20 points in a game twice this season. Of course, that was all Lincoln needed, as the Railsplitters went on to beat the Utes 39-8 in Coney Island on Saturday to advance to the PSAL semifinals.