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 Maroon Team Maroon vs. West Chicago Wildcats – White

Another outstanding game by The Maroon Chargers this week! Maroon has really gelled as a team these past weeks, and it sure showed against The West Chicago Wildcats. All team members had a great game, both on offense and defense! Offensively, Mitchell Canalas, Ben Hansen, Justin Hull, Jacob Uhlmann, Nathan Hull and Ethan Pugh had great runs setting up scores by Nathan Garrison, Jack Luchetti, Bradley Bode and Grant Meador. But Maroon wasn't done yet. They snatched so many flags that the Wildcats left with their tails between their legs and no runs into the end zone. Most of the Maroon Team was able to grab flags, including: Mitchell Canales, Connor Dunfee, Justin Hull, and Jacob Ulhmann. We will be traveling this week to West Chicago taking on the blue team.

TCC Cavish Green, 6 vs. TCC Gold, 25

Hoping that a strong week of practice would translate to victory against the Gold Team, the Cavish Green Team took to the air with an inspired game plan on Saturday morning. After falling behind 6-0 on the opening series, the Green Team responded with a pass attack offense that featured Ryan Piontek trying to connect with receivers, Jeremy Baranauskas, Ben Bohanek and Kyler Cavish. Unable to mount a drive, Team Green’s “D” took the field and quickly shut down the Gold Team with a crunching hit by Michael Davis resulting in a fumble and recovery by Tyler Hahn. Team Green’s offense blended a good mixture of run and pass plays during ensuing possessions, however, were held off the scoreboard by a swarming Gold Team defense. In spite of BIG open field and gang tackling by Jack Lewis, Sean Galle and Dan Daley, Team Gold was able to take advantage of defensive miscues resulting in two huge runs and a 19-0 halftime lead.

Entering the 3rd quarter, Team Green was determined to hold down Team Gold and prevent any further scores. The defense, anchored by Kain Donohoo, Matthew Conroy, Ryan Piontek and Ben Bohanek, erupted for several tackles in the backfield setting back Team Gold with big losses. Team Green took advantage of good field position with a dominating march down the field. Impressive scampers by Kain Donohoo and Kyler Cavish culminated with a hard charging touchdown run by Jeremy Baranauskas through the heart of the Team Gold defense. Team Green quickly retained possession of the pigskin after the kick off was mishandled and pounced on by Ryan Piontek. With time winding down, Ryan Piontek connected on a 25 yard “Bomb” to Ben Bohanek, however, the drive stalled at Team Gold’s 22 yard line after an interception. A Team Gold touchdown with only seconds remaining resulted in Team Green being on the short end of a 25-6 final score.

Estrada (White) - 7 vs. Wilcox (Black) - 6

IT HAPPENED! Stellar play on both sides of the ball earned our White team victory over a talented and well-coached opponent. The tone of the game was set on the first drive by the hard-hitting play of our linebackers and defensive line. The line of Jack Nitti, Austin Gift, Abe Swanson and Jack Morgan set ‘em up, and gap-plugging linebackers Joel Hardy, Matt Julseth and Kyle King knocked ‘em down. Morgan recovered a fumble and we got the start we needed. The offensive line of Trace Debord (C), Kevin Weaver (G), Aidan Flynn (G), Cody Johnson (T), and Matt Julseth (T), along with ends Joel Hardy and Kyle King, continued their strong performance from previous weeks, opening holes for our backs. Austin Gift scored a touchdown on the first drive and Alex Drumheller added the important extra point. We made our opponent work on their next drive, with corners Chris Galena and Drumheller forcing action back to the inside, but two fourth down conversions helped them sustain the drive and eventually score a touchdown. In one of many BIG plays of the game, Matt Julseth and his stingy defensive partners shot the gaps and stuffed the extra point attempt for lost yardage. After our stalled drive which ended about 3 inches short of a first down, our opponent went back on the attack, and busted a long breakaway run. Safeties Nick Funk and Charlie Downing ran the play down to make the touchdown-saving tackle. This proved critical, as Kyle King popped the ball out a few plays later and Alex Drumheller recovered, leaving the score 7-6 at the half. We got a scare to start the second half, with our opponents recovering an onside kick. However, Joel Hardy delivered a solid hit on fourth down to give us the ball. Backs Gift and Drumheller took over from there, making phenomenal moves, enduring tough hits, keeping the chains moving, and eating the time on the clock. The game was sealed with a fourth down perfect pass from Jack Morgan to Joel Hardy … GO CHARGERS!!!!

This past Saturday's game was an exhibition of a pure "Dog Fight" between the two teams. It was like watching a ping-pong match between two world champions! The offense of Dylan Morgan, Jack Glavin, Brennen Hansen, Jackson Brummel, Ryan Anderson, Nicholas Stich, Isaiah Baerenklau, Justin Fischbach, Chase Raap and Jordan Soto had to grind hard for every inch of yardage. It was a frustrating day as the opposing team shot through gaps and thwarted any chance of the usually fearsome combination of QB Nathan Sablowski and his talented backfield. When defensive stops were needed the most, players like Joshua Kibler, Liam Yeargin, Dylan Morgan, Jack Glavin, Jackson Brummel, Alec Keating, Isaiah Baerenklau, Justin Fischbach, Nathan Sablowski, Chase Raap, Nicholas Stich, and Jordan Soto stepped up and swarmed their opponent like angry hornets chasing a rabbit covered in honey. After an impressive showing on both sides of the ball, the game went into overtime-no score. The opposition came to the field with ambition and a pass to score the first touchdown of the game. However, our defense was able to hold them with no extra point scored. With their heads focused on the game, the offense took the field determined to score, QB Sablowski handed off off to Alec Keating and away he went, took it to the house with ease to tie up the score. Unable to make it to the endzone for the xtra point, the game will be put in the tie column. An excellent showing of determination and heart by Soto's Silver team. Leading the team in tackles were Dylan Morgan (7), Isaiah Baerenklau (8) and Nathan Sablowski (8). Many strong arm blocks were made by Joshua Kibler. Soto's Silver machine looks forward to taking on their next opponent next week. GO CHARGERS!!!

 It was a wonderful sunny Saturday morning for the Rawson Silver Falcons Homecoming. The families all met to decorate cars and celebrate the season at hand. After a breakfast of donuts, fruit, coffee and other beverages we loaded up in our cars and headed to the field with horns blasting. We have officially proclaimed ourselves Best Homecoming Parade of 2008. Ah yes, there was a game to be played. The boys ran out on to the field between their twins. Our opponents Team Rapp proved to be very challenging. The Silver Falcons had a number of highlights. Will Fredricks made an excellent catch on a pass from Jake Chantos. Cameron Canales made a goal line tackle to prevent an extra point. Kyle Duermit, Mario Folino, Julian Desens, & Chris Holloway had important tackles. Justin Johnson had one of our longer kickoff returns for the year and Jackson Kemple handled a punt nicely. Jimmy Fleck, Mike Rawson, Jason Turnbull, Jack Hood, Connor Williams, Jack Doherty, Peter Esbaugh and Stephen Woodcock all played hard. The end result was a rather difficult 25-0 loss to Team Rapp. Maybe Krispy Kremes are not the Breakfast of Champions

It was a hard fought game on a gorgeous Saturday Homecoming. The team mom's did a great job organizing quite a spirited beginning to the game with proper introductions and spirit flowing on the sidelines. Team Perry was pumped up for their homecoming and excited to get the action started against Team Kaufman. The defense was tough and didn't allow but 6 points against a good running and passing team. Unfortunately for the offense, they couldn't ever quite get a break despite the 6 first downs and 2 completions. The offense was tough and had some shining moments but in the end we just couldn't finish. Nick Edlund, Jake Clodi, Kyle Khoury and Anthony Adduci were pushing their way through the defense on the run to gain quite a few yards. Jake Clodi, Kyle Khoury and Brock Perry had fewer passes this week but gained a few yards and 2 completions with the attempts they did have. Providing good blocking and pass protection for Quarterback Tyler Lovestrand is DJ Rizzi, Erik Boehmer, Lance Arni, Jacob Asquini, Caleb Sanchez and Luke Juriga. The defensive ends Charlie Tortorice and Tommie Fink played tough again as we held them until late in the 3rd quarter when they scored 6 points. Alex Filipos, Ben Strah, Luke Juriga, Tyler Lovestrand, Kyle Khoury, Brock Perry, Nick Edlund, Matt Fisher, Jake Clodi and Anthony Adduci all displayed great hitting and tackling to keep Team Kaufman from getting more yardage. The defense caused a turnover on downs 4 times during the game which shows how well we stopped their run. On special teams Caleb Sanchez was kicking off to start the second half. Team Perry Homecoming 2008!