Cats Knock Jags from Unbeaten Ranks
in DYF House League Action
| October 10, 2010: The 5th week of the Dover Youth Football House League season featured a showdown of two teams without a loss as the Cats and Jaguars squared off at Bellamy Field. The Jaguars entered the contest with the only unblemished record in the league at 4-0 while the Cats stood at 3-0-1. The Cats knocked the Jags from the unbeaten ranks with a 14-6 win in an epic battle. In other league action, the Raiders won their third consecutive game by beating the Chiefs, and the Jets kept the Giants searching for their first win as they won a hard fought game by the score of 16-12. The standings after 5 weeks are as follows: Cats 4-0-1, Jaguars 4-1, Raiders 3-2, Jets 2-2-1, Chiefs 1-4, and Giants 0-5. |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Raiders vs. Chiefs |
Raiders win, 20-6 |
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The Raiders continued on their midseason roll with a 20-6 win over the Chiefs, thanks to the running and receiving of Luc Normandeau. The first score of the game came from Normandeau as he put the Raiders ahead 6-0 on a nifty run. The PAT was no good. The Chiefs answered on a quarterback keeper by Ty Vitko as he raced down the sideline and outran the Raiders defense. The PAT was no good and the score was knotted at 6-6. The final score of the first half was a beautiful pass play by the Raiders. Aaron Oroh stepped up into the pocket and threw a beautiful pass down field which was caught by Normandeau with a Chiefs defender draped over him. Normandeau was able to shake off the defender after catching the ball and then bolted down the sideline to pay dirt. An Aaron Dean run for the PAT made the score 14-6 at the half in favor of the Raiders. The last score of the game was also by the Raider’s Normandeau as he again showed his running prowess to cap off his impressive performance. The PAT was no good and the final score of the game was 20-6. In addition to Normandeau, Oroh and Dean, the Raiders received offensive support from Jason Suwu and Damien Hancock. The Chiefs offense was sparked by Vitko, Ethan Boucher, Sean Gallipo, Fin Wingren and Jacob Gellerson. On the defensive side, the Raiders were led by Matthew Mahedeo, Jaiden Hayes, Ben Stine, Sattaar Al-Zubaidi, Cole Golding, Oroh and Suwu. The Chiefs defensive stars were Wingren who had a fumble recovery, Alex Dureau, Harry Tarbox, Liam Lovering, Vitko and Boucher. |
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| 10:00 a.m. |
Jets vs. Giants |
Jets win, 16-12 |
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After tying the Cats last week, the Jets again had a strong showing in beating the Giants, 16-12. The Giants played a hard fought game and hung in their despite falling behind 16-0 in the game. The first score of the game was highlighted by some hard running from the Jet’s Andral Lafleur as he barreled through several tackles on his way to the end zone. Collin Serra ran the ball into the end zone for the PAT and the Jets were up 8-0. The Jets again scored on a long run down the sideline by speedy Trevor Cirinna. Andral Lafleur punched the ball across the goal line for the PAT and the Jets looked like they were on their way to a convincing victory. However, the Giants defense dug their heels in and did not allow the Jets another touchdown during the game. The Giants managed to get their first score on a tough run by Spencer Murphy. The PAT was no good and the score was 16-6 at the half. The Giants kept the momentum going as they started the 2nd half with another score, this time on a dynamic run by Bradley Plodzik as he danced his way through the Jets defense on his way to the end zone. While the Giants kept pounding away, they could not manage to put the ball in the end zone and the final score was 16-12. The Giants defense was led by Jack Leggett, Tyler Millette, Quinn Wade, Ethan Jennison, Cody Sheehan and the Murphy brothers, Spencer and Dylan. The Jets defense was led by Lafleur, Elliot Spurr, Brandon Hubley, Evan Santello, Blake Parmer and Mike Brun (fumble recovery). The Giants offense was lead by the Murphy brothers, Plodzik, Tyler Schneider, Jackson Perkins and Sam Wentworth. In addition to Lafleuer and Cirinna, the Jets offense was sparked by Serra and Ryan Pottier. |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Cats vs. Jaguars |
Cats win, 14-6 |
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In an epic battle of teams without any losses, the Cats came out on top with a hard fought 14-6 victory over the Jaguars. The Jaguars struck first in the game on a long 50 yard run by shifty Luke McCusker as he made several cut backs and had the Cats defenders grasping for air on the play. The PAT was no good and the Jags had their only lead of the game. The Cats answered the Jags on a hard run by Sam MacGregor as he blasted and dashed his way into the end zone. Justin Grondahl scored the PAT on a quarterback keeper and the Cats jumped ahead 8-6. The next score of the game was a highlight reel run by Cameron Richard-Storace of the Cats on the last play of the half. Richard-Storace was running hard through the Jags defense and while it looked like he was stopped short of the goal line, he kept his legs churning and broke through the pack into the end zone. The PAT was intercepted by the Jags McCusker and the score was 14-6 at the half. While both teams tried to move the ball down the field in the 2nd half, both defenses stiffened and no further scoring occurred in the game. The Cats ferocious defense was lead by a number of players, including Jacob Burd, Jonathon Briggs, Geoffrey Smith, Adam Houtenville, Tobias Chasse, Kyle Miller, Sam Pigot and Noah Buteau. The Cats offense also received a spark from the shifty running of Bennett Abladian, in addition to Grondahl, MacGregor, and Richard-Storace. The Jags offense was ignited by some nice runs by Kyle Ferriero and McCusker, and solid blocking by Connor Blomstrom and Jacob McCormack. The Jags defense again received a monster performance from Peter Ciotti who was all over the field, despite getting dinged up early in the game. The Jags defense was also anchored by Bailey Beakes, Shaun McCellon, Dom Houle, Stevie Champagne and Jack Dalton, in addition to Ferriero who was involved in many tackles and had a fumble recovery. |
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| Games are held every Sunday at Bellamy Field. Game times are 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. every week through October 31st. The games on Sunday October 24th will be played at Noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. The League would like to thank our sponsors who are Relyco, Bottomline Technologies, Rogers Restaurant, Federal Savings Bank, Weddings by Vera, Liberty Mutual, Dover Police Charities, Inc and Complete Comfort Heating & Cooling. |
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