Vandrick Hamlin catches a pass in the 68th Blue Gold foorball game. Photo by Ben Fulton
The 68th DFRC Blue-Gold All Star Football Game took place Friday night at the University at the University of Delaware. The Game showcases Hand-in-Hand Buddies children and young adults with intellectual disabilities and Delaware’s finest high school student leaders who participate as football players, cheerleaders, band members, and school ambassadors.
Forty-eight schools across the state will be represented by students participating as football players, cheerleaders, band members, and student ambassadors. The main event of the night is the all star football game with top seniors playing from around the state split between two teams the Blue and Gold team.
The Blue team opened the game with a trick play that went 92 yards for a touchdown and set a new Blue Gold record that had stood since 1982. On a double reverse Rahshan LaMons pitched the ball back to quarterback Rashaan Matthews Jr. who found Vandrick Hamlin at midfield wide open as he caught the ball and ran in for the touchdown.
Late in the second quarter Matthews found Hamlin again for a pass down the sideline 46 yards down to the 10 yard line. LaMons finished off the drive with a 5 yard run to make it a 14-0 lead. Cole Fenice then picked off a Jacob Tiberi pass on the ensuing drive and returned it to the 13 yard line. Fenice was then able to kick a successful 36 yard field goal to take a 17-0 lead into the half.
Blue teammates Rashaan Matthews (L) and Vanrick Hamlin (R) broke 3 recoreds in the 68th Blue Gold foorball game. Photo by Ben Fulton
On the opening play of the second half the Blue team went for another big play as Matthews found Hamlin again for a 78 yard touchdown. On that play Hamlin broke another Blue Gold record as he totaled 216 receiving yards after that play. The previous record was held by Gary Hammond of Newark who had 202 yards in 1969. Blue took a 23-0 lead.
The Blue team added 6 more points when Markeevis Rogers picked off a pass and walked it in for a 23 yard pick six. The Blue team led 29-0 nothing heading into the fourth and final quarter of the game.
The Gold team finally broke the shoutout after they were stopped short of the goal line on fourth down. The Blue team had a miscommunication on the snap which made Matthews get rid of the ball quickly, but he was unable to get it out of the end zone which resulted in a safety giving the Gold team 2 points.
In the 32-2 victory the Blue team broke three different Blue Gold game records. The duo of Matthews and Hamlin set new records in longest play from scrimmage (92), most receiving yards (Hamlin 213), and most passing yards in a game (Matthews 254). All of these stats are unofficial until the final stats are unavailable, but we are certain all of these records were broken in tonight’s game.
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