Flag Division
The following players turned in outstanding plays:
Patricia’s II Black Feet – Rocco Peruso and Christian Castellanos
Busco’s Deli & Catering Cherokee – Peter DeFabbia and Joseph Bruno
Parkview Sports Center Delaware – Russell Rayvon and Antonio Calandrucci
Barino’s Market Mohicans – Joseph Peloso and Philip Addario
Westchester Medical Shawnee – Thomas Whelan and Steven Mazza
Middletown Animal Clinic Sioux – Walterlee Deleon and Marques Smalls
Mite Division
The most exciting game of the day for the Mite Division saw the Youth Star Photo Giants beat the Villa Barone Eagles 14 to 12. An incredible 60-yard run for the first Giants score by Julian Cardona in the first half was capped off by the extra point on an option run by Nicholas Furio. With two minutes left to go in the game the Giants marched down the field when rookie Truth Harris took the ball on a reverse and scampered in for the winning touchdown with 20 seconds left in the game. Russell Randall and Joshua Zarba had a great game on offense.
In the second half it was a battle of defenses led by the Giants Mark Cojacaru, Nicholas Bracer, Kevin Manning and Oscar Abreu. Both Eagles touchdowns were scored by Latrel Ambersly. Ambersly ran for over 60-yards in the game. Also adding to the Eagles running game were Richard Rodriguez and Gavin Noriega. Credit the solid blocking of Tyler Carr and Joseph Scovotti that created the holes for the Eagles running game. On defense Gino Galella and Noriega had sacks, Naseem Chang and Joel Torres had fumble recoveries. The difference in this game was the extra points, the Giants made theirs while the Eagles did not.
After their second win, which was highlighted by an interception returned for a touchdown by Conrad Perry and a long touchdown run by James Bloss, the North Bronx Paint and Hardware Jets were going for their third win of the season against the American A-1 Automotive Chiefs. The Jets offense got it started with a long drive, on the backs of a strong offensive line, which finished with a power run up the middle for a touchdown by Conrad Perry. The extra point was added by James Bloss on a sweep to the left side. Strong blocking from everyone on offense helped the Jets put another score on the board with a quarterback sneak for a touchdown by Gerard Weihe. The Jets defense had another monster game. The D-line was in the backfield all day, especially Armani Rodriguez, Wils Kendrick-Holmes and Divine Bramble. A great game was also had by D-ends Evan Roche and Cameron Gomes, along with Linebackers Conrad Perry and Jayden Goins. The defense dominated the game giving up only eight points and extending the Jets record to 3-0. The final score was Jets 13, Chiefs 7.
Pee Wee Division
Unfortunately, the only game summary submitted for this division comes from the Spartans.
In the 9 a.m. game the Silvestri Carpet Spartans shut out the Jimmy Ryan’s Crusaders 14 to 0. Sean Vanegas of the Spartans returned the opening kick-off 40 yards behind the great block of Anthony Russo. On the next play Jordan Dabkowski took it in from 30 yards out for the touchdown. Jordan finished the day with over 80 yards rushing. Quarterback Christopher Campuzano had a great day passing and running the ball. Campuzano, completed passes to Nicholas Zayas (one for an extra point) and Joseph Silvestri, while running for over 20 yards behind the blocking of Joseph Aparicio. On defense the Spartans played a solid game resulting in keeping the Crusaders off the scoreboard. Frank Pinto and Nicolas Flores both made great open field tackles that stopped the driving Crusaders. Other defensive standouts were Nicholas Gennarelli with a sack, Enrique Santiago with two tackles for a loss and Vanegas, Dabkowski and Zayas with solid tackles.
In the other two Peewee games the Kleen-Awn Blue Devils defeated the Dr. David Stevens Steelers 19 to 0 and the Anthony’s Collision Redskins beat The Food Factory Ramblers 13 to 0.
Junior Division
The Balsamo’s F. H. Javelins defeated the Paddy Doherty’s Black Knights in a close game 20 to 18. Eric Bachelder of the Javelins started the game with a 90-yard kick-off return for a touchdown. The other Javelins score were made by Aaron Gardner and Marc Bowens. Bowens made a great catch and run that covered over 50 yards. Defensively for the Javelins, Antonio Arroyo, Angel Arroyo, Vincent Lee, Jonte Fernandez and Nelson Rivera played a great game to keep the Knights high power offense in check.
In the second Junior game the Giordano F. H. Saints got back to their winning ways by beating the McNulty F. H. Rams 19 to 6. The Rams only touchdown was scored by Dominick Zarba and Christian Santos; they both carried the ball into the end zone. Santos and Christopher Converso shared the quarterback duties, both play well. On the offensive line Anderson Solano, Carlos Burgos, Vincent Gonzalez and Samuel Aviles played a great game. The Rams defense led by Gonzalez, who had a fumble recovery, Sammy Maldonado, Andre Brown and Robert Regal ado with solid tackling kept them in the game.
Big Apple Team
Sunday, 10/11 proved to be a new experience for the Warrior travel team as they lost for the first time in their two year history. While the 7-6 loss seems to reflect a hard fought game, the reality is that the team came out flat and waited too long to start playing tough. The visiting Brooklyn Renegades came out of the gate fast and after converting two 4th down plays punched in a touchdown and important extra point to take a 7-0 1st quarter lead. From there, both teams seemed to struggle and the score remained the same until the midway point of the 4th quarter when the Warriors finally got on the scoreboard as a result of the hard running of CJ Holcomb and Jayson Gonzalez. With the ball sitting on the 7-yard line, QB James Werner hit Domenic Arena on a screen pass and he seemed to zig zag 35 yards to reach the end zone for his 5th TD of the season. Unfortunately, the extra point conversion failed as did the Warriors in their attempt to remain unbeaten. They will need to improve their effort on 10/18 as they travel to Brooklyn for an all important matchup with the Chiefs. A playoff bid now seems to be less certain and the Warriors must win out to ensure a shot at the city championship.
