Novice Black 20, Novice White 14
After bearing a storm (literally) Novice Black and Novice White began
their season with a semi-final re-match from last season which was won
by Black. Returning Novice White members clearly remembered that loss as
they came out swinging to start the game. White opened up the game with
big plays that were almost touchdowns if not for some key flag grabs
from James Pollari and Steven Diservi. White continued to pick apart the
Black zone defense and managed to strike first with a touchdown pass
from Kai Higginson and after a sucessful
conversion White took a 8-0 lead. After a stifling defensive drive from
White in which runs from Alexander Messina and Steven DiServi were
stopped at the line of scrimmage, Black was forced to punt the ball back
to White. White took control and picked up where they left off. Kai
Higginson marched them down the field for another score when he
connected with Justin Quiles which made the score 14-0. Black got the
ball back with a minute left in the first half and desperately in need
of a huge play. Their prayers were answered when with seconds left in
the half, Alexander Messina caught a screen pass from Michael Nunnally
at mid field and juked through the defense for a touchdown to inch Black
into the game.
The second half started with Black trailing 14-8.
Black took control of the ball and led by the running of pre season MVP
Candidate, Alexander Messina, got into the opponents territory. Once
there, Michael Nunnally connected on a beautiful sideline pass to Luke
Johnston who got the ball to the 2 yard line. After 2 unsuccessful tries
to score from inside the 5 yard line (which is on the hardest
components of flag football), Black lined up for a pivotal 4th down.
Nunnally, playing his first game, looked like a seasoned vet scanning a
clustered end zone and finding his open man. That open man was Jake
Cadotte. Jake's touchdown tied the score at 14. Novice Black had turned
the tide but still had trouble containing the precision passing of
Higginson. However, on the next drive, Safety Luke Midthassel recorded
his first careeer interception and put the Black team in great field
position to take the lead. Michael Nunnally found Justin Cook for the
eventual game winning touchdown catch. White tried to respond with a
game tying touchdown drive of their own but fell short as time expired.
After the game Justin Klug, second year Novice Black Head Coach, was
quoted as saying "Today our team showed that its going to be a tough
team to beat. We went down 2 scores early but didnt complain about it.
We kept our head up and made adjustments. You dont know the character of
a team until they face adversity and today we showed Novice Black has a
ton of character."
Novice Blue 40, Novice Burgundy 12
The defending champs opened the season with an impressive win against one of two new teams in the Novice division.
Bantam Week 1 Scored and Summaries
Bantam Silver 40, Bantam Red 0
The first game for the bantam division was a battle between the
Silver team and the Red team. Both teams are very young and both coaches
are new so nobody knew how this game would turn out. However, this
became very clear as Silver took an early lead and they never let up.
Early in the game, Mike Marano received the ball on a double reverse
from Mike Boccadifuoco and hit Brandon Boeffer deep for a touchdown.
Later on, Mike Boccadifuoco kept the ball and ran all the way to the
goal line. Silver was lethal both offensively and defensively in the
first half taking a 32-0 lead into halftime. Silver would end up scoring
one more time this game on a deflected pass from Mike Marano caught by
Richie Evangelista. They were great on offense all game and even better
on defense, getting a few interceptions and doing an amazing job of
pulling flags. Silver ended up with a 40-0 shutout. They look to improve
to 2-0 next week when they play the Blue team, who barely lost to the
Burgundy team on a last second play.
Kathleen Egan led the Red team in passing completing four of nine passes for 22 yards. Kellan Cohill led the team in receiving with 3 catches for 17 yards. Dennis Rizzi led the team in rushing with 17 yards on 3 carries.
Bantam Burgundy 14, Bantam Blue 13
Burgundy defeated Blue in a closely played game 14 to 13. Touchdowns were scored by Klye Codispoti and Michael Albdewi. A key 2 point conversion was converted by Michael Albdewi late in the game to give Burgundy the lead. Two key interceptions by Brandon Jones and Steven Fadel and a critical 3rd down sack by John Barbieri late in the game sealed the victory. Anthony Pizzirusso and Thomas Blandino both played well in their debut as quarterback. Good game Burgundy.
Special mention goes to Bantam Blue Patrick for his outstanding play on the defensive line and Jack Slattery for a couple of impressive runs. Also, Bobby Maloney had several pass deflections on defense and anthony intercepted one of burgundy's two pt attempts.
Bantam Purple 34, Bantam Black 19
The defending champs came out strong in their first game of 2012.
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