Delbarton fell to St. Joe's 28-27 in overtime on the road on Saturday afternoon, October 29 in Montvale.  The Green Wave defense came out of the gate strong and turned over St. Joe's on the opening drive with Connor Martin '24 recovering a fumble.  Ryan Trafford '24 scored on a 21-yard touchdown run to put Delbarton up 7-0 early in the first quarter.  St. Joe's would respond with two touchdowns on the ground to lead 14-7 at the end of the first quarter.  Ryan Trafford would break off a 42-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to tie the game at 14 as the teams headed into halftime.  

The teams would remain tied through the third quarter until Dallas Hurley '24 forced another St. Joe's fumble and Connor Martin once again recovered the fumble giving Delbarton the ball just outside the redzone.  Ryan Trafford would score his 3rd touchdown of the game from 3-yards out to give Delbarton a 21-14 lead with just over 9 minutes remaining. St. Joe's tied the game on a rushing touchdown with 3 minutes remaining and Delbarton's ensuing drive would stall.  St. Joe's would get one last possession and moved the ball into field goal range to try a game winner with 3 seconds left on the clock.  Tyler DaSilva '24 would fire off the edge to block the field goal attempt to send the game into overtime.  

St. Joe's won the coin toss and opted to have the first possession and punched it in for a touchdown to go up 28-21.  Delbarton had 4th down and 5 yards to go on the 10 yard line.  Rob Russo '23 would find Nick Modugno '23 in the endzone, and Delbarton decided to go for the two point conversion and the win.  Russo rolled out to his right, but the pass was broken up in the endzone giving St. Joe's the 28-27 victory. 

Rob Russo finished 13-25 for 155 yards and a touchdown and his leading target was JP Cafasso '23 who finished with 7 receptions for 104 yards.  Ryan Trafford dominated on the ground once again and finished with 31 rushes for 198 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Despite a very tough schedule this season, the Green Wave finished the regular season 4-5, but played very well against some of the state's top programs like St. Peter's Prep, St. Joe's and Bergen Catholic.  Despite the sub .500 record, the Green Wave have earned the #6 seed in the Non Public A tournament, and will host St. Joe's of Metuchen in the first round of the playoffs this Saturday, November 5 at 1pm in Regan Stadium.