Dalton Juniors Complete Undefeated Season with County Title
DALTON, Mass. – The Dalton Juniors completed a perfect season in the Berkshire County Youth Football League with a 24-14 win over Adams-Cheshire on Sunday.
Dalton entered the championship game without giving up a single touchdown all season, a feat even more impressive than its undefeated record. Fortunately for Wahconah, Tony Zaniboni continued his dominant play on the ground against Adams. Zaniboni scored all three of his team’s touchdowns, including the opening score of the game from 38 yards out. His other two touchdown runs came from 24 and 36 yards.
Adams should hold its heads high after fighting hard throughout the game and becoming the first team this year to score against Dalton’s defense. Adams had several promising drives that came up short but broke through right before halftime on a 17-yard touchdown run by Evan Liebenow with just 23 seconds remaining in the half.
Dalton’s Zaniboni added his third and final touchdown early in the second half, which proved to be the game-winner. Adams answered with another score late in the fourth quarter when Lee Bryan ran it in from 3 yards out, but the two-point conversion attempt failed, keeping it a two-score game with less than two minutes to play.
Adams attempted an onside kick but could not recover it, and the Dalton Juniors held on to complete their undefeated, championship season.
