It wasn't the first time a star player pleaded with his coach to call a specific play. Except this time, Kasiem Cromwell wasn't demanding the ball.

Instead, during halftime Cromwell was imploring Port Richmond coach Louis Vesce to throw the ball to Connor Oliver.

It paid off.

On the first offensive play of the second half for Port Richmond, quarterback Cameron Smith dropped back and threw a long strike downfield to Oliver, who gathered the ball at the 45-yard line and outraced two defenders for an 82-yard touchdown on the way to a 47-16 rout of New Dorp Saturday afternoon at the Port Richmond High School athletic complex in Staten Island.

“My boy Coop. Oh my God. I asked coach to do that at halftime,” Cromwell said. “I wanted to see my boy in the end zone because I knew he could do it.

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