We’re winning close games, we’re winning blowouts. The Clifton High Tigers are on a roll. Riding a six-game winning streak, we sail into mid-February with a 12-6 overall record, including 11-4 in the league. One more victory, against Monroe, and we clinch a CVC playoff berth.
This transformation from loser to contender has everyone shocked—the players, our fans, and the media. The Clifton Courier describes the change as “a striking metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly” and wonders “How high can Clifton fly?”
I’m wondering myself.
We get revenge by routing Amity and Jefferson, and demolish Fairfield as well. We beat Notre Dame and Ansonia in close games.
Coach Antonelli heaps on the praise in practice: “For us to have a chance to get back in the playoffs, after our start, is a tr
