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The Tri-City Chargers (Team Hanson) moved to 2-0 with their win over the Tolle Chargers on Saturday. Team Hanson took full advantage of 4 turnovers in their pursuit of another victory. 41-S James Hanson recovered 2 fumbles on kickoffs, picked off a pass, and 99-DT Tyler Baker also recovered a fumble. The Hanson Chargers ended the day +3 in the turnover margin which was critical to the win. Team Hanson controlled the field position battle throughout the 1st Quarter culminating in a 2-yard touchdown run by 51-RB Tommy Surges early in the 2nd. (Team Hanson) took the ball on its opening possession of the 2nd half and drove 57yards for a touchdown. 41-RB James Hanson capped off the drive with a 4-yard run. 9-QB Liam Drummond converted the P-A-T. 51-Surges iced the game with a 32-yard romp in the 4th Quarter.
However, the story of the day was the defense. They had their 2nd shutout in as many games. They have bent several times but they have not broken. 99-DT Tyler Baker, 28-DT Dan Gallagher, DE-57 John East, and DE-5 Mark Riley has been solid up front. OLB-66 Gabe Folino, OLB-44 Lucas Rolf, ILB-51 Tommy Surges, and ILB-90 Jake Baxa have been venting their frustrations out on opponents over the last 8 quarters with some hard hitting. 9-CB Liam Drummond, 82-CB Josh Fisher, 15-S Grant Belich and 41-S James Hanson have cleaned up behind their teammates for 8 very special quarters of defense.
The Tri-City Chargers (Team Hanson) moved to 2-0 with their win over the Tolle Chargers on Saturday. Team Hanson took full advantage of 4 turnovers in their pursuit of another victory. 41-S James Hanson recovered 2 fumbles on kickoffs, picked off a pass, and 99-DT Tyler Baker also recovered a fumble. The Hanson Chargers ended the day +3 in the turnover margin which was critical to the win. Team Hanson controlled the field position battle throughout the 1st Quarter culminating in a 2-yard touchdown run by 51-RB Tommy Surges early in the 2nd. (Team Hanson) took the ball on its opening possession of the 2nd half and drove 57yards for a touchdown. 41-RB James Hanson capped off the drive with a 4-yard run. 9-QB Liam Drummond converted the P-A-T. 51-Surges iced the game with a 32-yard romp in the 4th Quarter.
However, the story of the day was the defense. They had their 2nd shutout in as many games. They have bent several times but they have not broken. 99-DT Tyler Baker, 28-DT Dan Gallagher, DE-57 John East, and DE-5 Mark Riley has been solid up front. OLB-66 Gabe Folino, OLB-44 Lucas Rolf, ILB-51 Tommy Surges, and ILB-90 Jake Baxa have been venting their frustrations out on opponents over the last 8 quarters with some hard hitting. 9-CB Liam Drummond, 82-CB Josh Fisher, 15-S Grant Belich and 41-S James Hanson have cleaned up behind their teammates for 8 very special quarters of defense.

The Vegas Gold Chargers picked up there first win of the year. Strong
running from J.B. Sandlund led to two rushing touch downs for him and
the Vegas Gold Chargers. Also having a good day running were Dave
Madden and Cayman Vieau each having twenty plus rushing yards. The
offensive frontline of Dan Kelly, Jack Davis, Jacob Cross, Jake Mroz,
Matt Mcgraw, Ethan Preece, and Mitch Mascari opened up holes for the
runs to take place in. The strong front line defense play of Chase
White, Matt Spurling, Dan Kelly, Kevin Kaschke, and Mitch Mascari kept
the inside rushing yards to a minimum. Mitch Mascari caused and
recovered a fumble for the 2nd game in a row. The linebacking trio of
Jake Mroz, Cayman Vieau, and Dave Madden shut down any plays that did
make it past the front line. Safety J.B. Sandlund once again recorded
double digit tackles, at the corners Pier Ricossa and Alex White helped
keep the outer running and passing game at a minimum. The game was tied
at 7 to 7 for over three quarters of the game and the second score from
the Vegas Gold Chargers came with 1:33 to go in the game, up 13 to 7 the
defense played strong to the finish and enjoyed there victory.

Week 2 97# Dase Purple
Dase - 0 Skibinski - 19

It was hot and humid for the 2d regular season game and the Defense really made the opposition sweat for every point. All the boys played hard on both Offense and Defense. On Offense #7 Bernie Pellissier, #11 Cogan Cavish, #34 Donny Friedel, #20 Alex Fortcamp, #24 Steve MacDonald, #36 Mitchell Adams, #36 Greg Dase, #51 Noah Legenski, #80 Derek Raya, #87 Devin Chrobak, #99 Nathan Kroll tried hard to establish their running game and mixing in some pass plays, but we were kept out of the endzone that day. At halftime we were down 13 - 0, and not out of it despite the final score. Coach Skibinski's team ran a misdirection offense, but our Defense #7 Bernie Pellissier, #11 Cogan Cavish, #16 Dylan Baer, #20 Alex Fortcamp, #29 Luke Sutherland, #34 Donny Friedel, #36 Greg Dase, #44 Grant Romero, #47 Adam Huber, #51 Noah Legenski, #54 Austin Esposito, and #80 Derek Raya shut them down the second half allowing them to reach the endzone once. Although our boys were not victorious, they were only penalized once during the game. Our team will train hard this week and be back Saturday to face team Rapp. GO CHARGERS!!!

Well, you can't win'em all, but you can go out on the field every game and give it your best shot. That's exactly what Soto's "Silver" machine did this past Saturday as they faced Coach Griffin's team in a hard fought 19-7 loss. The defense came out to the field ready to show the opponent what they were made of. Keeping a hawks eye watch, J. Soto, N.Stich, C. Raap, N. Sablowski, J. Fischbach, I. Baerenklau, A. Keating, J. Brummel, J. Glavin, D. Morgan, L. Yeargin and J. Kibler all were quick off the line with gutsy defensive performances. The confidence of "Silver" was shown by some outstanding blocking and the sound of helmets crashing into eachother.
Despite the shouts of the opponents sidelines, the offense was ready to take the field to push through to the end zone. This was made possible by our work-house offensive line, D. Morgan, J. Glavin, J. Brummel, B. Hansen, R. Anderson, N. Bruns, I. Baerenklau, J. Fischbach, C. Raap, N. Stich and J. Soto all worked together to give QB Nathan Sablowski the perfect chance to handoff the ball to running back Alec Keating for an impressive visit to the endzone. To complete the quarter Justin "Fisch" Fischbach scored the extra point with ease.
The crushing determination of Isaiah Baerenklau produced him 11 outstanding tackles to lead the team as well as powerhouse Dylan Morgan with an amazing 7 tackles. Happy to not be the smallest on the team, Jordan Soto with 7 tackles was like a bull waiting to charge his matador with the way he was tackling his opponent.
Although this game will go in the "loss" column, this will be considered a "win", due to the heart and soul the boys put in and never gave up til the bitter end. Coach Soto, Coach Brummel, Coach Baerenklau, along with the players walked off the field knowing they played with the utmost sportsmanship and pride.
We look forward to practicing hard, getting tougher and facing our opponents in the upcoming weeks with enthusiam

Our White team showed desire, improvement and continued learning in our second game. White played tough the entire game, and the final score does not indicate how close the game was, thanks to three broken plays. Blocks from the offensive line of Trace Debord (C), Cade Olinger (G), Aidan Flynn (G), Cody Johnson (T, who also had a solid punt), and Matt Julseth (T), along with ends Charlie Downing and Joel Hardy, allowed for an improved running game by hole-hitting backs Austin Gift, Abe Swanson, and Nick Funk (and Matt Julseth was rewarded with a carry for “making weight” with a week of a bread and water diet). Quarterback Jack Morgan had a good day throwing, but some dropped passes hurt his stats. Outside of the three broken plays, the White defense demonstrated marked progress from the prior week, filling gaps and wrapping up tackles. The defense was lead by gap-plugging tackle Kevin Weaver, along with Julseth, Morgan, Funk, Joel Hardy who got four tackles, and Jack Nitti who got three, including two sacks. Corners Chris Galena and Swanson effectively shut down the passing game. We missed two of our top performers, FB and LB Kyle King, whose broken arm will sideline him for at least four weeks, and Alex Drumheller, who was sick. We look forward to continued improvement and skill development in the weeks to come… GO CHARGERS!!!!

On a beautiful summer day, the team again took the field missing several of its players. Although Luke Doncel (#20) and Mitch Davey (#61) will probably be ready to play next weekend, Joey Meyers (#40), our seasoned center, may well be out for the rest of the season and will be sorely missed. The game started with our team receiving the kick-off. Although there was a fumble on the reception, Luis Martinez (#46) swooped in and recovered the ball. When the starting offense consisting of quarterback Kyle Lorenz (#7); center Daniel Zielecki (#55); offensive linemen Michael Hansen (#87), Nathan Ohse (#60), Matthew Weston (#79), Andrew Holzapfel (#65), Robert Kudlicki (#82) and Tyler Camp (#91); and backs Jake Gabinski (#2), Josh Leonhard (#25) and Jake Hlava (#33) took the field, they did not make much progress against Kaufman’s aggressive defense. This brought the defense – linemen Hlava, Kudlicki, Martinez, Holzapfel, Michael Hansen (#87), and Camp; cornerbacks Chris Impson (#12) and Connor Bingham (#17); linebackers Zielicki and Leonhard; and safety Lorenz – onto the field. Despite their best efforts, Team Kaufman scored two touchdowns and two extra points in the first quarter. With our offense making little progress, Kaufman’s team continued its momentum into the second quarter. Altho ugh they eventually scored another touchdown, the defense stymied their efforts for a quick score and did not allow them to convert the extra point. In the third quarter, running back Hlava racked up some good yards and Camp captured a well-thrown pass. Impson, who came in when Camp was injured, got two back to back first downs. In the fourth quarter, after Kaufman had scored another time, the slaughter rule went into effect. Starting from the 20 yard line, Impson, after running the ball for two good carries, was able to scramble into the end zone for the first touchdown of the season. The score became 26-7 when Leonhard converted the extra point. Special mention to Lorenz, who tackled an opponent to prevent a touchdown. Let’s hope next week is a victory! LET’S GO CHARGERS!!!

After coming off a massive 26-0 preseason game win, as well as shutting out their opponent in their opener in week 1 12-0, coach Kaufman brought his high powered offense into week 2 hoping for more of the same.

And he got it quick and early with 2 scores in the first quarter with a nifty pass from QB Jacob Ludwig to RB John LeGare for a TD and then LeGare blasting his way to the end zone for their second score breaking tackles to get there. TE Ryan Hurley added the extra point with a secure grab on a pass from Ludwig.

RB Nick Schutz later added to the point total with a slashing 55 yd scamper for a TD and Ludwig finished off the offensive show on TD run.

All of this was made possible by the outstanding O Line blocking from Tyler Smith, Reier Groven, Augie Nottolini, Tommy Pullia and Austin Cohen.

The D was anchored by the line backing core of Nick Shutz, Parker Vidmich in the middle and Drew Egger, who stuffed the Leonhard offense and allowed only 1 score by their opponent.

NG Timmy Clohecy, Mitchell Cady and Ricky Kaufman stood strong on D and Kaufman got into the backfield mid way through the second half to cause and recover a fumble that set up the last scoring drive. Jacob Seng at safety made certain there would only be 1 score by their opponent and Jake Hursh made certain of that as well with a second half interception.

The team eagerly awaits the return of injured player Joey Davis and is anxious to test their 2-0 record against their next opponent when they go up against a strong team coached by Brad Satzman this Saturday.

In week 2, Team Vruno was humbled by Team McMillan after a week 1 victory. The score did not dictate how close the game really was and there were many positive things to take away from their loss. Justin Nebel leapt, scampered, and stretched his way into the end zone early in the first quarter from 6 yards out. Matthew Loberg led the rushing charge with 37 yards. Jack Ahern also ran the ball well and fell on a fumble in the fourth quarter. Bret Reed had a 15 yard return on a kickoff. On the defensive side Jack Housenga played like a beast with a team leading 6 tackles. Andrew Modjeski made his presence known with 3 tackles. Grant Schumock stuffed an extra point attempt before the half. The progress on Team Vruno is evident and the fight and heart is fierce. Kudos to the offensive and deffensive lines made up of JJ Vruno, Cody Kronkow, Josh Black, Mac Read, Riley Kral, Colin Stuhlmacher, and Evan Wisem an for never giving up and fighting hard in a tough battle. Team Vruno will look forward to John Helgeson's return next week as they take on Team Geis.