The William Floyd Colonials are Suffolk champions again after defeating Ward Melville 34-6 this Saturday night.
These two teams met earlier in the season with the Patriots getting the advantage when Paul Longo decided to gofor the two point conversion, and the win, with no time left on the clock. The try was denied by Ward Melville and that handed Floyd their only loss of the season. For the Colonials, this was quite the revenge.
All everything back Ja'Quan Thomas was once again the all everything, unstoppable force that he has been all season long. Thomas rushed for five touchdowns in the win and over 200 yards on the ground.
As great as Thomas's regular season has been he has actually upped his game the past three games in the playoffs. Thomas finished the last three games with 14 rushing touchdowns to go along with over 700 rushing yards.
Thomas led the scoring off early in this one with a 38 yard run that led to his first TD of the game to give William Floyd a 7-0 lead. They would never relinquish that lead. Thomas scored his second TD of the game before the end of the first quarter and Floyd led 14-0 quickly.
Ward Melville got on the board in the 2nd after a 1 yard touchdown dive to cut the game to 14-6 headed into the half, that is when William Floyd ran away with the game.
Coming out of the locker rooms Floyd was on fire. Thomas took an early 3rd quarter carry for 70+ yards and an electric touchdown run to extend the lead to 20-6 and not long after that he went for his fourth TD of the night. He went on to score his 5th TD in the 4th quarter to seal this one away.
With the win the Colonials have now won 15 Suffolk County titles along with five Long Island Championships. They will play for their sixth LI championship this weekend in a rematch against Massapequa.