Standouts From Half Hollow Hills’ Dominant Win Over Huntington

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The undefeated season continues for Half Hollow Hills. Traveling to Huntington on Monday, Hills landed an impressive 16-7 victory that saw five-star [player_tooltip player_id='14547' first='Anthony' last='Raio'] (UNC), [player_tooltip player_id='127551' first='Zach' last='Marco'] (Bryant), and James Bruno put on a shooting clinic and combine for 13 goals. On the defensive side of the field, Sal Santoro had a big 18-save game, and two-sport Syracuse commit [player_tooltip player_id='14556' first='Joseph' last='Filardi'] was his usual self at longpole. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":26191,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='127551' first='Zach' last='Marco']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'0u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_weight":"170","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_weight":"field_65b288425ecf6","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"142","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Half Hollow Hills","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Rebels LC","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"The Bryant commit continued his amazing junior campaign with a game-high five goals. The lefty sniper had the second goal of the afternoon for Hills. Huntington came out in a zone and they paid for it, with good ball movement leading to Marco's high bouncer that snuck right under the crossbar. Marco also had a goal on the EMO, as Huntington elected to shut off [player_tooltip player_id='14547' first='Anthony' last='Raio'] during the penalty, allowing Marco to find space as a cutter, catch and finish. Marco has been deadly in unsettled situations this season and that continued on Monday. Off a violation, he hauled in a skip pass from Luke Bradley and was able to fight to the middle of the field to increase his angle and finish. In another unsettled situation, Marco beat his man and scored another high bouncer.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_1_player":["14547"],"_player_evaluations_1_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_1_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_1_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"The No. 10 recruit in the junior class had another big day, finishing with four goals and two assists in the win. Hills was ready for the zone defense and was able to get Raio in spots to succeed. In the opening quarter, the UNC commit stung the top left corner on a cannon of a shot. Raio also displayed great vision constantly finding James Bruno in the first half. He does an excellent job dissecting the defense while dodging to find his open teammates. In the third quarter, Raio swept his defender and found a cutting Bruno for a goal. Arguably the most impressive sequence of the game for Raio started on defense. Hills sprinkled in a zone defense with Raio and another short stick playing the low pipes. Raio delivered lockdown defense during this stretch. 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One of the most underrated players on Long Island, Bradley is a do-it-all midfielder who impacted Monday's game in all phases. It starts on faceoff wings, where Bradley picked up several groundballs and provided good wing play. He's an aggressive defensive midfielder who got good jams and won most of his matchups, and is at his best when clearing and using his vision to create for others. Bradley's feeding ability was on display with four assists, including some excellent looks. In this contest against Huntington, he had an enormous performance outside of the box score. 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After making 19 saves against Ward Melville, Santoro had another huge game against Huntington, posting 18 saves in the victory. Huntington was able to get some quality looks but most were definitely outside of 10 yards, and Santoro ate those up. Shots ranged from all different placements but Santoro was ready for the outside heat coming away with plenty of saves. At the end of the first half, Santoro denied Huntington any momentum with an incredible save on a high bouncer from a great angle. 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He opened up the scoring for Hills after Huntington came out in a zone, and Bruno popped behind a defender for a quick catch-and-shoot tally from the outside. Against Huntington, he showed why he's an elite off-ball player. His spatial awareness is extremely impressive and he constantly found soft spots in the defense. His second goal was off of a pass from Raio, who sent it to Bruno for a stunner of a top-shelf shot.  In the second quarter, Bruno collected the hat trick with a well-placed 14-yard high bouncer. Lastly and arguably the most impressive play came from the fourth goal. Bruno's off-ball movement was great, as he delivered an excellent “C” cut to find a pocket within the defense, and he showcased his extremely quick release for his fourth tally. 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