On Saturday, November 16th the varsity football team competed in the postseason 2024 NEPSAC Bob Souza Bowl against what looked to be a tough matchup in Worcester Academy. This out-of-league match-up was one of the many postseason football games played between the ISL and the Evergreen League, featuring many competitive games from some of the top teams from both leagues. A postseason matchup was familiar to the team, as many key players had competed in last year’s 14-27 bowl loss to Deerfield Academy.
The first quarter proved to be a defensive stalemate on both sides, with both teams going scoreless. The Belmont Hill offense showed flashes of explosiveness but was held back by key mistakes, like turnovers, preventing a complete scoring drive. This changed in the preceding quarter, as the team found its rhythm. Although the quarter quickly started with a long Worcester touchdown, the team rallied by scoring in just two offensive plays, with an explosive rush from quarterback Réis Little ’26 that set up for a goal line rushing touchdown from Marcus Griffin ’26 that tied the game at 7-7.
Following the touchdown, the defense was not on the field for long, as on just the third play of the following series Trey Clayton ’26 made a key interception that set the offense in the red zone, which positioning was capitalized on by a Dylan Casillo ’26 field goal, with BH taking a 10-7 lead. After another defensive stop, Captain Jordan Summers ’25 broke away for an 80 yard passing touchdown that demoralized the opposing team, which was displayed after a failed Worcester fake punt that gave BH the ball with good field position. This soon turned into a touchdown from Captain Luis Kuehberger ’25, who went into the endzone untouched on a sweep. This made it a 24-7 game going into the half.
The second half was more of the same domination, and Little quickly found Kuehberger for another passing touchdown, soon followed by a Myles Fritz ’25 rushing touchdown making the score 38-7. This was the final score as time expired, with an astounding 38 unanswered points being put up by the BH offense with Worcester seeming to have no answer on either side of the ball. Congratulations to Coach Fucillo and the rest of the varsity football team on their 2024 NEPSAC Championship win!