In 1969, Shirley married Frank Brooks, and they remained friends up until her death. Over the years Shirley served in the Larry Thompson Ministry, Lake Providence Church Choir and the Lake Providence Sunday School. Simpson at Lake Providence Missionary Baptist Church. She professed a hope in Christ at an early age and was baptized at a young age under the pastorate of the Reverend S.H. Shirley’s faith in the Lord was rooted in a strong Christian heritage. Shirley’s paternal grandparents were the late George Lee Davis and Clara Davis of Laguardo and Nashville, Tennessee. Shirley spent her early childhood in East Nashville until her family moved to the Lake Providence community in South Nashville-Davidson County, the birthplace of her mother, Robbie Davis Gunn and lifetime home of her late grandparents, the Reverend Robert Anderson Davis and Mother Ada Edmondson Davis. and Robbie Davis Gunn, both of whom preceded her in death. Shirley was born Apin Nashville, to the late George M. Both the Dukes and Huskies have clinched playoff berths in Class B.Those two things embodied Shirley Ann Davis Brook throughout her life as a sister, daughter, wife, aunt, cousin and friend. 13, at 6 p.m., while Highland is at Red Hook in a Class B game at 1 p.m. Marlboro hosts Wallkill in a non-league contest Friday, Oct. Marlboro running back Ryan Durling picked up 74 yards on 19 carries to pace the Dukes’ ground game. We couldn’t get anything going in the second half.” “We made a nice push right before halftime, but we just ran out of time. “We didn’t capitalize on the short field in the first half and that kind of came back and bit us in the backside,” Highland coach Tom Schlappich said. But facing fourth-and-5, Gemmell’s keeper came up a couple yards shy of the first down. with 7:07 left in the second quarter.īishop returned the ensuing kickoff 65 yards inside Marlboro’s 30. Marlboro took a 6-0 lead on Miles Brooks’ 20-yard TD pass to Salvatore Montaperto Jr. Our defense came up big, especially when our offense was stalling “Our defense has been kind of our foundation for the last few years,” he said. He came in at a big moment and just kept it going for us.”īrooks couldn’t have been happier with the defense. He’s always listening and paying attention. “He did a great job,” the Marlboro coach said. Brooks praised the play of Rivieccio, who was 6-for-13 for 102 yards and one TD in relief of the younger Brooks. Marlboro coach Ryan Brooks said his son Miles was kept out in the second half for precautionary reasons after a helmet-to-helmet collision along the sideline in the first half. “We lost Miles but we knew we had players working in practice. “No, we were just doing our job,” DeNatale said. Sideline for a 41-yard touchdown to up the Dukes’ lead to 13-0 following Salvatore Montaperto’s conversion kick. Then on the last play of the third quarter, Rivieccio found Dukes speedy wide receiver Antonio Hickman with a short pass and he outran a couple Highland defenders down the right The Huskies lost yardage on the next two plays and were forced to punt the ball away. James Gescheidle for a 4-yard loss on the next play. Huskies senior quarterback Connor Gemmell hit running back Joshua Bishop on a 12-yard pass for a first down on the second play from scrimmage.īut Dukes star defensive lineman Ryan Emig burst through the line to drop Highland running back Large and boisterous crowd celebrating Senior Night. With Brooks sidelined and the Dukes clinging to a 6-0 lead heading into the second half, Highland’s stagnant offense seemed energized at the start of the third quarter in front of a It marked the 14th straight win for Marlboro (2-0 Section 9 Class B, 5-0 overall) in the Black and Blue Bowl series. Marlboro High’s Chris DeNatale, left, and Kadofi Abbott were among the Dukes’ stars on defense in the win over Highland. When it was clear Marlboro High star quarterback Miles Brooks was going to sit out the second half in Friday night’s Black and Blue Bowl against host Highland after sustaining a hit to his head in the first half, Dukes players came over to where he was sitting on the bench and checked on him.Īnd while other teams might have panicked after losing one of their top players, the Dukes didn’t seem to miss a beat in the second half as they turned to junior quarterback Carter Rivieccio and a smothering defense to post a 13-0 Section 9 Class B victory over the Huskies.
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