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Bronx’s Clinton Streaks Into HS Football Semifinals

Clinton started its playoff push with a narrow win over northwest Bronx rival John F. Kennedy last month. (Photo by Francesca Andre)

The DeWitt Clinton Governors, the last Bronx high school football team in the Public School Athletic League playoffs, beat defending champion Fort Hamilton today, 16-8, to reach the semi-finals. Next Saturday, Clinton faces top-seeded Lincoln, which eliminated Clinton in the second round of the playoffs last year. Winner plays for the championship. Clinton’s riding a five-game winning streak during which they’ve given up an average of around eight points a game, exactly what the defense allowed this afternoon.

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