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The Bantam Big 10 team rolled to a 2nd victory defeating the Huntley Mustangs 18-0. Offensively we controlled the line of scrimmage leading to big holes and big runs by Nico "The Hammer" Piaskowy & Thomas "The Train" Schroeder. Scoring for the Chargers on long runs was Mikey "The General" Hohensee (65yd Jaunt) and 2 TD's for Pat "The Bullet" Griffin.  None of that was possible without bone crushing blocks by our O-line. Dean "The Ravioli" Arriviello, Michael "The Boot" Cooney,  Westin "High Tower" Wiseman opened huge holes, solid blocking by Jon "The Glove" Sotirakopulos, Jack "Big Foot" Douglas and Chris "The Golden Boy" Edlund sent the message "we are big and bad and we are coming right at you - Great job line!. Defensively, we dug our heels in and did not yield a first down for the 2nd straight week. It was gang tackle left and gang tackle right, DB's Riley "The Torpedo" Anderson & Mason "The Missile" Alberts shut down the sweep. Alec "The Cat" Champine knocked away a deep pass to prevent a Huntley TD. Up front -  Tommy "The Snake" Laduzinsky, Tyler "Slippery" Storms &  Michael "The Jackal" Jaffe created havoc for Huntley. Making Big tackles for the Chargers was Spencer "The Mayor" Olson, Lucas "The Truck" Segobiano, Nate "The Beast" Jimenez and Peter "The Stinger" Ferraro. The 2-0 Chargers now prepare for week 3 vs. Libertyville and our homecoming, Please come and Cheer us on! GO CHARGERS!!!!

The Middleweight Tri-City team of, JJ Reckards, Grant Schiewe, Bradley Thomas, Scott Robak, Nick Buseski, Jack Wassel, Sean Chambers, Anthony Lopez, Blake Saltsman, Will Porteous, Alex Bohanek, Matthew Ceinski, Timothy Roels, Nicholas Barron and Jesse Martinez, started their winning streak by beating a tough 112 Rick Kaufman team by a score of 7-0. The offense gained a net 168 yards on 32 plays, while the defense held Kaufman’s team to a positive 47 yards of total offense. Kaufman’s team took the opening kickoff down to the Purple’s 47 yard line. The defense stiffened and held them to 4 and out. The two teams battled back and forth the entire 1st half and went into halftime scoreless. The purple team started the 2nd half on their own 40 yard line. They held the ball the entire 3rd quarter and kept driving the ball down the field. On several key passes from JJ Reckards to Tim Roels and Blake Saltsman kept the drive alive. With hard running by Jack Wassel, Scott Robak and Saltsman and great blocking by the offensive line of Roels, Nick Buseski, Alex Bohanek, Will Porteous, Jesse Martinez and Saltsman made it easier for our running backs to gain yardage. They would score early in the 4th quarter on a 6 yard romp by Scott Robak for a 6-0 lead. Reckards would hit Roels on an out pass for the extra point for a 7-0- lead. Kaufman’s team would drive the ball steadily down the field when they fumbled. The purple would recover and on the 2nd play from scrimmage would also fumble. Kaufman’s team never gave up and started a scary drive down the field picking up 1st down after 1st down. Finally the Purple team would put up a brick wall and stop the drive. The purple team took over with about 2 minutes left in the game. After gaining a 1st down they would take a knee on 2 plays to run out the clock and end the game with a 7-0 win. Some highlights of the game were a fumble recovery late in the 4th quarter by Alex Bohanek and by all accounts excellent blocking and tackling by Jesse Martinez. We missed our starting running back Sean Chambers out with a shoulder injury. Congrats to the other backs for stepping up. We continue to get better every week Keep the faith. Things will get better! Remember: GREAT THINGS HAPPEN TO TEAMS THAT BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES!!!!!!!!!!! PRACTICE HARD WIN EASY!!!!!!!!! Great job Chargers!

It was a hard fought victory in week #3 for Team Teafoe led by the strong defense of Quinn Calcagno, Patrick Rosencrants, Jake Matula, Jack Schultz, Jarrod Raap, Brandon Huff, Brett Hickey, Stratton Mortensen, Kyle Brown, Vince Basile and Wyatt Teafoe.
With Team Birkhaugs strong offense they scored early in the game to put them in the lead. With our team trailing 0-7 at the half, our boys came back strong and hard the second half.
The offensive line led by Jonathan Boenzi, Ryan Perrotta, Spencer Sharpe, Brandon Medder, Patrick Rosencrants, Jack Schultz, Kyle Brown, Stratton Mortensen, Brett Hickey, Wyatt Teafoe and Brandon Huff grinded out tough yards for the victory.
With the tough decision of Team Birkhaug taking a safety, it made the score 2-7 late in the 4th quarter.
In our final drive and in the last minutes of the game some key blocks were made by our offense paving the way for Kyle Brown to run for a touchdown putting us in the lead 8-7. Some tough defense by Team Birkhaug kept us from scoring on the extra point.
On their final offensive play, our defense held strong as an interception was made by Wyatt Teafoe to seal our victory!
We look forward to next week as it is our Homecoming! GO CHARGERS!

Team Vruno 12- Team Gies 0

Back to the grindstone after a tough week 2 loss and on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, team Vruno showed up ready to play in week 3. This game offered a little bit of everything but featured a smash mouth running game and a swarming aggressive defense that equaled Vruno’s second victory by a final of 12-0. Although most of the game was on the ground John Helgeson caught a pass for 5 yards from Q.B. J.J. Vruno. Justin Nebel led the ground attack with 62 yards and had 2 rushing touchdowns, one he broke from 27 yards out. Helgeson also had a good day running with 58 yards on 11 carries. The offensive line of Josh Black, Collin Stuhlmacher, Riley Kral, Grant Schumock, and Evan Wiseman, paved the way for the running game and allowed the offense to gain 188 total yards. The defensive play of Jack Housenga, Cody Kronkow, Chris Davis, Mac Read, Andrew Modjeski, Matt Loberg, and Jack Ahern shut down the Gies offensive allowing no points. Ahern also snagged an interception early in the second and Helgeson wrestled his way to a team leading 4.5 tackels on the day. The third quarter was controlled with a long methodical drive that ate up the clock with 5 first downs and eventually Nebels second touchdown of the day. The game was iced late in the fourth when Gies had the ball 4th and long with under a minute to go, but Bret Reed and Justin Nebel where there for the game clinching sack. The score was close but the game was controlled by Team Vruno’s coaching staff and the stamina from the players. Coach Vruno Said he was proud of the boys for finishing strong and keeping the intensity for all four quarters. Team Vruno is excited about this win but will turn the page and begin preparations for Team Birkhaug next week.

When your offense, defense and special teams all plays exceptionally you are going to win. That was the case this past week with Team Perry. All 3 units gave it their all and proved that they are a team to be reckoned with. Team Perry beats Team Leonhard 14-0. The offense is keeping the other team on their toes by showing that we can gain yards with the pass or run. The offensive linemen Erik Boehmer, Lance Arni, DJ Rizzi, Jacob Asquini, Luke Juriga allowed Tyler Lovestrand good pass blocking for tight ends Charlie Tortorice and Caleb Sanchez along with the wide receiver Brock Perry and opened holes for the running backs Nick Edlund, Matt Fisher, Anthony Adduci and Kyle Khoury. In the 2nd quarter Anthony Adduci ran for 16 yards to get a touchdown. Right before half on 4th down Edlund had a huge break away run for 40 yards. Later on Edlund runs for an incredible 80 yard touchdown in the 2nd quarter. That touchdown set up Lance Arni for the seasons first extra point kick. Lovestrand threw some great passes including one 19 yard pass to Brock Perry to gain some yardage and the 1st down in the 3rd quarter. The defense shut out Team Leonhard causing 3 fumbles, 3 punts and numerous penalties with their hard work. The defensive line consists of Tommie Fink, Alex Filipos, Ben Strah, Luke Juriga, Lance Arni. The corner backs are Tyler Lovestrand and Kyle Khoury and at safety is Brock Perry. Linebackers are Matt Fisher, Nick Edlund and Anthony Adduci. Fisher and Fink pressed hard and had some big hits and hard tackles. Strah added some power with a great sack in the 3rd quarter. Coach Perry, Adduci, Juriga and Tortorice were pleased to see their team win again this season.