CHSFL: Moore Catholic holds off Sea, 28-20, in long-awaited season-opener

Moore Catholic beats St. Joseph-by-the-Sea 28-20 in its season opener

Moore Catholic QB John Michalski (11) hands the ball to Dowan Coachman (24) against St. Joseph by-the-Sea in a CHSFL game, held at the Viking Park Joe Ryan Memorial Field, Huguenot. September 18, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/Derek Alvez).

Patience is a virtue? Well, good luck telling that to a locker room full of high school football players chomping at the bit to hit the gridiron.

But that’s exactly what Moore Catholic coach Nick Giannatasio was tasked with in each of the season’s first two weeks.

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