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The regular season ended on a high note for Team Tolle with a great team effort on both sides of the ball. The first play on defense saw Carson "Blaze" Hughes strip the ball from the ball carrier. Then the first drive on offense saw Danny "Rocket" Buetow and Jacob "57 Ketchup" Preston run the ball. However, it was Conner "The Hammer" Dixon making a great block to open up a huge hole for Danny "Rocket" Buetow to score on a long run. Cade "Blanda" Callaghan tried to kick an extra point for the first time this year and it fell just short. The defense consisting of Robbie "Golden Arm" Kortan, Tyler "Tank" Johnson, Jacob "57 Ketchup" Preston, Ben "Tooth" Anderson, "Big Nick" Tolle, Owen "The Head" Hunter, Cade "Blanda" Callaghan, Carson "Blaze" Hughes, Conner "The Hammer" Dixon, and Cody "Sniper" Mitchell once again came up big when Garret "Bulldog" Sanders recovered a fumble on the ensuing defensive series. The Offense put up 24 total points in this game with good blocking from Ben "Tooth" Anderson, "Big Nick" Tolle, and Vance "Saber tooth" Dumas. Long td runs by Carson "Blaze" Hughes, and Cade "Blanda" Callaghan showed the depth of talent on this team. In the second half great ball control with tough running from Cody "Sniper" Mitchell, Owen "The Head" Hunter, Garret "Bulldog" Sanders, and Ryan "The Riot" Thiesse allowed team Tolle to seal the win. A great win by team Tolle in its final game of the regular season, which finishes with a 6 - 1 regular season record. The team looks forward to starting the playoffs next weekend.

Despite some good individual efforts and the 1st score the team was unable to find their mojo and settled for a tie. Score was 6-6 at the half and 12-12 after OT. Some key plays: #3 Justin Galante had an interception, #24 Sam Grohe had 2 TDs, #20 Miles Williams stopped the extra point to keep it tied up at the half and had a fumble recovery, #62 Jake Kappel celebrated his 10th birthday on the D-Line. Next week Gold is looking forward to some rigourous practice to get ready for the playoffs. 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, had a dismal day of football. It seemed a black cloud was hovering over the team even before the game began. Grant Schiewe was hurt in a freak accident at home and ended up being hospitalized. We all wish him a speedy recovery. The team did not play to its potential today. We lost to a 107lb Perry team 19-0. I apologize for not having stats. My printer died last night and I could not replace it in time to print the tracking sheets. The offense did not gain a lot of yardage and the defense allowed a lot of yardage as the score would indicate. Regardless of the score there are some very positive things that happened in this game that should not go unrecognized. Bradley Thomas was placed in key positions in the offense and defense and played extremely well, Jesse Martinez had his best game of the year on both offense and defense. Coach Saltsman asked Jesse in practice and before the game to rise to the challenge and neutralize one of the other teams best players. BOY DID HE EVER!!!!!!!!!! Another highlight came in the closing seconds of the first half when Team Perry had a first down on our 4 yard line. The defense rose to the occasion and held Team Perry from scoring a touchdown. WHAT A GREAT STAND!!!!!!! After reviewing the film I have to extend Kudos’ to Blake Saltsman for making a whopping 16 tackles !!!!!!. IT DOES NOT GET BETTER THAN THAT!!!!!!! Also congrats to Sean Chambers for his exceptional play on both offense and defense. WHAT A GREAT EFFORT !!!!!!! All these highlights were great but I have saved the best for last. Team Perry kicked off to the Purple team. Alex Bohanek caught the ball on the run and dashed 58 yards for a touchdown, unfortunately because Alex is a stripper he is not allowed to advance the ball. We don’t care he still out ran their best players. Even though it did not count as a touchdown our team felt his touchdown did count as a beacon of hope and inspiration. Regardless of how bad things are if you give your best on every play good things will happen. Keep the faith. Things will get better! Remember: GREAT THINGS HAPPEN TO TEAMS THAT BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES!!!!!!!!!!! PRACTICE HARD WIN EASY!!!!!!!!! Great job Chargers!

The sun shone brightly on the team as it racked up its first victory of the season. In the first quarter, the defense rose to the challenge, with the aggressive tackling of Josh Leonhard, Tyler Camp, Robert Kudlicki, Mitch Davey, Kyle Lorenz, Jake Gabinski, Luis Martinez, Luke Doncel, Daniel Zielecki, Chris Impson, Nathan Ohse, and Jake Llava thwarting Team Gies from making much progress on the field. In the second quarter, Camp caught a well thrown pass by quarterback Lorenz and ran the ball almost 40 yards down to Gies’ 5 yard line. When he bobbled the ball, Doncel made a quick recovery. Although the offense was not able to score, the team did earn 2 points on a safety when one of its opponents fell in the end zone with the ball. The score held until the third quarter when Gies marched decisively down the field, crossing the end zone for a touchdown followed by an extra point. On the next offensive series, linemen Matthew Weston, Andrew Holzapfel, Gabinski, Kudlicki and Davey held tight, allowing running back Leonhard to run for 7 yards followed by Llava who made an awesome 38 yard run to Gies’ 5 yard line. With gutsy running, Impson moved the ball to the one yard line. On the next play, Gabinski recovered a bobbled ball and stepped into the end zone for a touchdown, making the score 8-7. On Gies’ next offensive series, there was a fumble and Ohse recovered. On the next play, Impson scampered down the field for 45 yards, moving the ball to Gies’ 11 yard line. After Llava gained 2 yards, Impson ran the ball over a pylon into the end zone. When the officials said he had stepped out of bounds, the ball was placed a few inches from the goal line. A couple plays later, Leonhard bulldozed over the goal line for a touchdown, making the score 14-7. The defense continued to stymie Gies’ progress with effective gang tackling. On one play, Gabinski stopped a Gies player by shoving him off the field. With a minute and a half left in the game, Lorenz made an impressive run on fourth down. When Gies was penalized 15 yards for a face mask, the team earned a first down, keeping the ball until time ran out. Here’s looking for another win next week! GO CHARGERS!

Team Perry took advantage of a fantastic day for football by scoring on our second possession and never looking back. We played a team that has been successful in the passing game and we shut them down to the short game. We forced 4 incomplete passes and had 2 interceptions. With 8 first downs, 7 complete passes, 3 touchdowns and 1 extra point our offense had one heck of a day. Go Team Perry! Defense not only stopped the pass with great coverage, but they pressured the run with great hitting and tackling by Jake Clodi, Alex Filipos, Matt Fisher, Ben Strah, Nick Edlund, Anthony Adduci, Kyle Khoury, Tyler Lovestrand, Brock Perry and Luke Juriga. Kyle Khoury and Charlie Tortorice each had an interception. Late in the 3rd Quarter Charlie Tortorice intercepted the ball for a 60 yard touchdown. It gave us a 13-0 lead and really opened up the game by turning up the momentum. Offense was a powerhouse today! We ran, we threw, we put points on the board. While defense provided 6 points, the offense had 2 touchdowns and an extra point. Great running by Kyle Khoury, Anthony Adduci and Nick Edlund who had approximately 90 yards and a touchdown. Tyler Lovestrand threw 7 complete passes including a nice one to Brock Perry for a great catch and a touchdown. That set up the extra point pass from Tyler to Jake Clodi. Tyler had the time today to orchestrate the offense and make good passes because the line blocked well and kept Team Saltsman at a distance. The Offensive Line of Team Perry is DJ Rizzi, Erik Boehmer, Jacob Asquini, Caleb Sanchez and Luke Juriga. Keep it up team! We're 4-2 going into week 9.

Let's start out by saying "WOW, what a game!" With Team Teafoe short not only on Coaches, but on players as well... Coaches Hickey, Huff and Mortensen took over the wheel and steered our team to a big victory! With missing our two main linebackers, Teafoe and Schultz and with Brandon Medder out sick, our 12 remaining boys playing in the hot weather and in positions they have never played before, played with such intensity and got a WIN! With Team Teafoe on the board first at 6-0. Team Vruno came back to score and even it up at 6-6 and failed to convert on their 2 point kick attempt. The score volleyed back and forth with us scoring a second time and then Vruno scoring again. Both teams failed on the extra points. Team Teafoe scored a third time making the score 18-12. With a minute plus left in the game Team Vruno drove down field coming dangerously close to the goal line, but on their 4th down a pass attempt failed and the ball was turned over to us to end the game! Congratulations to Team Teafoe for a game well played! Quinn Calcagno, Ryan Perrotta, Kyle Brown, Vince Basile, Jake Matula, Brandon Huff, Jarrod Raap, Patrick Rosencrants, Brett Hickey, Stratton Mortensen, Jonathan Boenzi and Spencer Sharpe... as Coach Teafoe would say, "GIVE YOURSELVES A PAT ON THE BACK!" Next week is our bye week and we will be practicing hard to face Team Kaufman in 2 weeks! The Team looks forward to the return of Wyatt Teafoe, Jack Schultz and Brandon Medder! GO CHARGERS!

Another fine performance by Soto's "Silver" Machine this past Saturday. "Shock and Awe" was the look of our opponent as total domination was shown by the entire team. The offense of Dylan Morgan, Jack Glavin, Brennen Hansen, Jackson Brummel, Ryan Anderson, Nicholas Stich, Isaiah Baerenklau, Justin Fischbach, Chase Raap and Jordan Soto took the field with a win on their mind. Keating goes left...Keating goes right...Keating takes it to the house for the first TD of the game. Score 6-0. QB Sablowski then throws an impressive 15yd. pass into the welcoming hands of Isaiah Baerenklau for yet another TD. The defensive players...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 run out to the field to hold the opponent to a mere 30 yards allowed for the entire game. A true showing of what this defense is made of. The second quarter brought another two touchdown's...an effortless 10yard pass by QB Sablowski to the quick footed-Baerenklau. Keating takes the ball and runs 65yds down the field into the endzone. The last quarter of the game, the offense again took the field and a quick handoff to Nicholas Stich produced a 55 yard run down the field to score his first TD of the season. There are so many hightlights of this game.....including Dylan Morgan's two...yes, I said two recoveries of the onside kick. Jordan Soto with an impressive three...yes, I said three...blocked passes and an interception for a run of 25 yards. Leading rushing yards of this game go to Alec Keating with a 147, Nicholas Stich with 66, and Justin Fischbach with 47. An impressive showing of tackles this week were made by Jackson Brummel, Nathan Sablowski, Jack Glavin and Liam Yeargin. This game will go in the win column for Soto's Silver machine. The team will be practicing hard to get ready for our final game of the season against undefeated Skibinski. GO CHARGERS!