Week 3 Game Summaries

Novice Week 3 Game Summaries

Novice Blue 40, Novice White 12

Novice Blue (3-0) were led by 2 touchdowns from Chris Coad and a TD catch from Stephen Stella.  Their defense continued to play strong.  For Novice White (0-3), Kai Higginson led 2 scoring drives, capped off with TD passes to Rocco Loccisano and Roger Erichsen.

Novice Black 24, Novice Red 6

Chase Gardner had several magnificent runs and scored Novice Red's (1-1) only touchdown.  Matthew Bartholomeo hit Jason Morales on several beautiful passes to keep Red in the game but the Novice Black (3-0) team's well balanced attack proved to be too much.

Novice Silver 24, Novice Burgundy 22

In a great game, Novice Silver (1-2) got its first win of the season over Novice Burgundy, who still seek their first win. 


Bantam Week 3 Game Summaries 

Bantam Black 24, Bantam Red 19

The game of the day was played between the Bantam Black (2-1) and the Bantam Red (0-3) teams. Jonathan Pappanicholaou turned in a stellar performance.  On defense, Jonathan intercepted two passes and returning one for a touchdown.  On offense, Jonathan threw for 96 yards and two touchdowns. He spread the ball around to six different receivers.  Kathleen Egan led the team with 4 catches for 41 yards.  Kellan Cohill and Dennis Rizzi each had a touchdown reception.

Red jumped out to a 13-6 lead which they carried to the halftime buzzer.  Black battled back and took an 18-13 lead.  Red then drove down the field and scored with 49 seconds left to take a 19-18 lead. The Black then drove quickly down the field and scored the go ahead touchdown with 25 seconds remaining.  A last ditch effort by the Red team was stopped by an interception with 6 seconds remaining.  It was a tough luck loss for a young Red team that had played well enough to win up until the last Black team drive of the day. 

Bantam Silver 28, Bantam Burgundy 12

After losing in a very close game against Blue, Bantam Silver (2-1) looked to bounce back against Bantam Burgundy (1-2).  Three of Silver's players were unable to attend the game, so all 7 players had to play the entire time. One of the missing players was part-time quarterback Michael Boccadifuoco.  Somebody needed to step it up and replace him at QB, and that somebody was Richie Evangelista.  Silver started off very strong by making Burgundy go 3 and out, and then scoring on a touchdown pass from Richie Evangelista to Michael Morano.  This touchdown was set up by a bomb from Richie caught by Christian Badillo.  They then got the 2 point conversion on a pass from Morano to Brandon Boeffer.  The score was quickly 8-0 Silver.  Later on in the first half, Burgundy had the ball on Silver's side of the field.  The Burgundy QB threw the ball up to Kyle Codespoti and he came down with it in the back of the end zone.  Then, Burgundy got the ball again after Silver threw an interception.  The Burgundy QB threw a pass right to defender Michael Morano.  However, the ball bounced out of his hands and landed in Kyle Codespoti's for his 2nd touchdown.  The score was 12-8 Burgundy at halftime.

The second half however, was all Silver.  It started off by Morano connecting with Chris Morales for a touchdown.  Richie then hit Morano for the 2 point conversionto make it 16-12 Silver.  Silver then forced Burgundy to turn the ball over on downs.  Richie then hit Badillo with a touchdown pass to make the score 22-12.  Burgundy turned it over on downs again. Richie then hit Michael Morano for a touchdown to seal the deal.  Burgundy then ran out of time and the game ended.  In his quarterback debut, Richie Evangelista was 13-22 with 122 yards.  He threw 3 touchdown passes and a 2 point conversion.  Michael Morano was 5-6 with 66 yards, a touchdown, and a 2 point conversion.  Brandon Boeffer had a big receiving day with 4 catches for 60 yards and 2 point conversion.  Michael Morano had 7 receptions for 76 yards, 2 touchdowns, and a 2 point conversion.  Christian Badillo had 2 very important catches for 34 yards and a touchdown.  Chris Morales had 4 catches for 21 yards and a TD.  Everyone played great for the Silver team.  They play the Purple team next week.  They look to give them their first loss since the 2010-2011 season.

Bantam Purple 38, Bantam Blue 0

The defending champs (3-0) stayed perfect after handling Bantam Blue (1-2).