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Who South Bronx hands the ball off to doesn’t seem to matter. Michael Drake Jr., Marcus Webster and Raymond Norman all produce the same result: points.

And plenty of them.

South Bronx have outscored opponents, 286-66, this season, including a lopsided, 42-6 win over previously unbeaten Franklin Roosevelt in PSAL Cup division football at New Utrecht on Saturday. The victory clinched a playoff spot for South Bronx (8-0) and moves it into first place.

“It was important to win the game,” coach Jose Cosme Jr. said. “We didn’t know what our future held. We had to find out what type of team we were yesterday.”

Drake Jr. rushed for 170 yards and two touchdowns, including one of 80 yards, on seven carries. Webster carried the ball four times for 114 yards and a touchdown. Fernando Carmona completed 2-of-4 passes for 42 yards and had a 34-yard touchdown pass to Michael Walker. Norman ran for 70 yards and a touchdown on four carries. All three have rushed for over 500 yards and at least five touchdowns this season.

“Anyone we give the ball to can go for big yards in any given game in our back field,” Cosme said. Read more..

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On Thursday, mourners gathered to remember Elias Karmon, a longtime Bronx resident, businessman and philanthropist nicknamed “Mr. Bronx.” NY1’s Borough reporter Dean Meminger filed the following report.A who’s who of Bronx leaders gathered in Highbridge Thursday to say goodbye to a friend, an advocate and a philanthropist.

Known as “Mr. Bronx,” 98-year-old Elias Karmon is remembered as a real Bronx treasure.

“He was everything, he was smart and witty, very capable and energetic. He was just a wonderful human being,” said Beatrice Castiglia-Catullo of RAIN Inc. Senior Services. “They called him Mr. Bronx and that is exactly what he was.”

“He was very funny, he always had a twinkle in his eye, he was very full of life. he was grandpa Eli,” said Simon Landsberg, Karmon’s great-grandson.

Karmon was born in Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1910 but from the 1930s on he worked and lived in the Bronx. He owned successful clothing and real estate businesses.

But he was known as “Mr. Bronx” because he donated money and plenty of time to dozens of community, health and education organizations in the borough for the last 70 years. Read more..

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