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See larger Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Academy's Jordan Barrett, behind and Jontan Kriqi, chase St. John Neumann's Peter Jean-Marie out of bounds, but not before Jean-Marie makes a crucial first down in a scoring drive that helped the Celtics JV edge the first-year Manta Rays, 18-15.

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Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Academy's Jordan Barrett, behind and Jontan Kriqi, chase St. John Neumann's Peter Jean-Marie out of bounds, but not before Jean-Marie makes a crucial first down in a scoring drive that helped the Celtics JV edge the first-year Manta Rays, 18-15.

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  • Roger Lalonde Staff By inches, St, John Nuemann's Paul Costain catches the football in the end zone for the first score in the Celtics JV team win, 18-15, over the first-year football team of Marco Island Academy High School at Winterberry Park on Marco Island on Wednesday night.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff In a battle for the ball, Marco island Academy's Peter Servente (4) wins over St. John Neumann's Zach Mass. The interception stopped a Celtics touchdown drive and Servente ran the ball back to the Celtics 20. On the next play Nick Dotson scored the Academy's historic first touchdown in the second quarter. The point-after kick by Servente gave the Manta Rays their fist-ever lead in a game, 7-6 at halftime. The Celtics JV team rallied, then held on in the second half to win, 18-15 against the first-year Manta Rays.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Arm tackling didn't work, as a St. Neumann defender learned when he was unsuccessful in bringing down Marco Island Academy's Nick Dotson. The St. John Neumann JV team edged the first-year Academy team, 18-15 on Wednesday night.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Academy's Jordan Barrett, behind and Jontan Kriqi, chase St. John Neumann's Peter Jean-Marie out of bounds, but not before Jean-Marie makes a crucial first down in a scoring drive that helped the Celtics JV edge the first-year Manta Rays, 18-15.
  • Roger LaLonde Staff St. Johnh Neumann's Jacob Clark alludes a flying-tackle attempt by Marco Academy's Peter Servente on Clark's way to a 65-yard touchdown run in the Celtics win over the Manta Rays on Wednesday night.

There were many firsts for the Marco Island Academy football team, but it came up short for its first win, losing to St. John Neumann's JV team, 18-15.

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