Week 5 Game Recaps

Novice

Blue 30, White 6
 
Quarterback Kai Higginson connected on a big play with Grace Campbell, then followed up with a short TD pass to Marc Codispoti for Novice White's (1-4) only score.  Thomas Murray had some big runs for White but Novice Blue (5-0), led by QB Anthony Coccimiglio, continued their dominance of the Novice Division.  Nicholas Macchia starred on defense for the White squad.

Red 26, Black 18

Chris Morales threw TD passes to Jamie Wilson, Chase Gardner, and a 2pt conversion to Alex Natale as Novice Red (3-2) continued to play well.  Gardner and Andrew Rogers also scored on rushing TD's to help the Novice Red team to a hard fought victory over a very competitive Novice Black (1-4) Team. Brandon Boefer had another outstanding game for the Black team.

Bantam

Purple 32, Burgundy 14

The battle of the 2 undefeated Bantam teams, Burgundy (4-0) and Purple (4-0), turned into a lopsided affair.  Purple was missing two top players in Alex Micciola and Andrew Cortese, but Thomas Cappa, who had a long touchdown run off of a handoff, and Joe Nugent who took a swing pass the distance, stepped up to the plate to ease the burden on QB Julius Arcaro, who was without his top back, Joseph Cavalcante.  Julius also hit Ben Gulino on multiple passes and touchdowns throughout the game.  Gulino was solid on defense as usual making some important stops including an interception and a significant 4^th down deflection.  Assistant coach and defensive coordinator Thomas Gulino’s schemes were working throughout the day.  Frankie Ungaro and Louie Mariani were steady as usual being in the right place and opening spaces for the other players along with their solid line play.  Kyle Twohig also made a beautiful catch opening up the second half on a slant pattern toward the right sideline.  Joseph Cavalcante, who missed the last 2 weeks due to a knee injury, came off the bench to catch a 10 yard pass.  Burgundy scored touchdowns with receptions from Michael Albdewi and Shamos Connelly.  The teams will meet again in this upcoming position week, Week 6, the final week of the regular season.
 
Red 27, Blue 6 

Will Fernandez started his first game at QB for Bantam Blue (1-4) and played very well, throwing a TD pass to Joseph Catuogno who celebrated his birthday on 10/9. Chris Boumoussa led the defense with 1 interception.  Nicholas Ferrer threw 4 TD's to lead Bantam Red (1-4) to their first win of the 2011 season.
 
Black 23, Silver 19

Bantam Silver (1-4) came up short in this tight game as QB Michael Buttafuco quarterback threw for 3 touchdowns, to Michael Marano, Kayla Allan and Keion Allan.  Bantam Black (3-2) was led by Ryan Boyle, who had a big game with 2 touchdowns and 2 conversions.  George Mendez also scored.  QB Matt Bramante threw all 3 TD passes.  Michael Martell and Ryan Boyle had big interceptions to preserve the close win over the very tough Silver team.