PLAINEDGE
Growing Stronger
Every Year
Story by Anthony Vecchiarello // Photos by Morgan Harrison
T
he Red, black and white colors
of the Red Devils high school
football team have grown increasingly
strong and competitive with each year.
Situated in Massapequa, NY, the
Plainedge varsity high school team strives
to earn their first high school football
championship this season. With a season
of 7-1, Plainedge won their first game in
the playoffs against Hewitt with a 49 to
14 victory.
A major factor in the success of
this year’s Red Devils season is the
quarterback.
Quarterback Nick Frenger has become
the leader of the team in rushing and
passing yardage. Frenger is ranked
number four on Long Island in career
yardage with 5,338 yards.
He also has career touchdowns of 56
and is ranked fifth on Long Island..
Frenger has had a great relationship
with his coach Robert Shaver who is in
now in his 17th season as head coach.
Plainedge are number one in their
league, number one in their conference
and number four in Section 8. The Red
Devils are impressive for a Conference III
team earning the top four spot on the best
small school football teams.
Throughout the Red Devils 2013
season, they have dominated games
against Floral Park, Glen Cove and Valley
Stream. In the fourth week, Plainedge
proved to be on top of the league
after defeating defending Long Island
Champion Lawrence, winning 36 to 20.
Unfortunately, the week after slightly
set them off with a loss against Bethpage;
a score of 13-7. However, this loss proved
to be motivational as they dominated
in their next four games against South,
Sewanhaka, Glen Cove and Hewitt.
Plainedge has continued to improve
and should be a team to watch going
forward.
Designed by
Melissa Fearon
PLAINEDGE
RED DEVILS
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