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WYOMING VALLEY YOUTH FOOTBALL CONFERENCE

October 25

Bobcats beat Ed-Lark, 28-0, to end regular season with 8-1 slate

A TEAM

Back Mountain 28

Ed-Lark 0

The Back Mountain Bobcat A Team finished its season with a 28-0 win over Ed-Lark to improve its record to 8-1 for the year.

The offfensive line led by Cody Long, Evan May, Matt Durling, Adam Simmonette, Brian Durling, CJ McCauley, Jstus Schultz, Joey Vigil and Tyler Brobst had another great game, dominating the line of scrimmage. The running backs put up 28 points and had 200 yards rushing.

Dylan Pilger, Willy Mucha, Justin Bulter and Brian Durling each had a touchdown for Back Mountain and Justin Butler and PJ Konnick each added a 2-point conversion. Angelo Baltier, Elija Vigil, Joey Vigil and Paul Ciaccia each had some great runs for the Bobcats.

The defense played a solid game, holding the Hurricanes scoreless. The defensive line, led by Paul Ciaccia, Austin Parry, Randy Zacharais, PJ Konnick, Elija Vigil, Justus Schultz and Brian Durling, kept pressure on the quarterback. The defensive backs, led by Joey Vigil, Angelo Baltier, Evan May, Dylan Pilger, Willy Mucha, CJ McCauley and Justin Butler, did a good job of keeping the backs in from of them and out of the endzone.

Willy Mucha and “Stick” each had a interception for Back Mountain while Elija Vigil recovered a fumble for the Bobcats.

B TEAM

Ed-Lark 30

Back Mountain 0

Despite a great effort by the Back Mountain B team, the Bobcats came up on the short end of a 30-0 score against Ed-Lark.

The offense, led by Adam Rosencrance, Connor Kerkowski, Anthony Grandenitti, Devin Dickson, Owen Morgan and Chris Allen, did a great job in protecting the backfield of Stone Mannello, Corbin Holcomb, Jack Tomko, Cameron Brennan and RJ Driscoll.

Great defense was led by Zack Haddle, Erik Sweppenheiser, Zack Gabel, Eric George, Art Coolbaugh, Marcus Steele and Bob Oakley.

Kingston Township 14

Exeter 8

The Kingston Township Raiders B Team improved to 7-2 with a 14-8 victory over a very tough Exeter Panthers team.

The offense was led by quarterback Ricky Morgan, filling in for an injured Ryan Martin. Morgan was solid throughout the game and was supported with a fine running effort by the starting backfield consisting of Bret Storrs, Connor Motley and Tanner Gattuso. All three contributed to a consistently successful running effort all afternoon .

This effort was made possible by the blocking efforts of Mitch Kelly, David Edwards, Mike Golden, Nick Mathers and Kyle Piskorik. The Panthers pulled ahead, 8-0, in the second quarter but the Raiders would not be denied the victory; they fought back to win. This effort was led by Bret Storrs with two touchdowns, although the whole backfield contributed to moving the ball downfield.

Once the Panthers had scored, a solid defensive effort by the Raiders did not allow additional points. The Panthers’; running game was kept in check in the second half by a tough Raiders defensive line anchored by David Edwards, Mitch Kelly, Jason Culp and Michael Golden.

Defensive ends Conor Motley and Christian Roberts prevented the Panthers from breaking the outside on their runs. As a result, the Panthers attempted to move the ball by passing. Once again, the Raiders’ defense stood up to the challenge. There was excellent cornerback play by the Mathers brothers, Nick and Matthew. Also, a solid effort was turned in by safety Peter Capitano, who ended up with two interceptions for the afternoon.

C TEAM

Back Mountain 6

Ed-Lark 0

The Back Mountain Bobcats C team was victorious on Sunday against Ed-Lark ending its season with a 5-4 record.

Bobcat Nate O’Donnell scored the only touchdown for the Bobcats. The offense, led by Joseph Deyo, Ian Evans, Bradley Adams, Dakota Heinrich, Zach Hill, Hunter Landon and Ryan Wolken, managed to take ball possession for the entire first quarter.

The defense, led by Quinten Huey, Gage Mitchell, Cole Robbins, Matt Schnable, Cole Wyffels, Zach Bloom and Josh Durling, held the Ed-Lark team scoreless. Great runs were made by backs Nick Whitesell, Nate O’Donnell, Nate Hazeltine and Nate LaBar.

Duryea 8

Dallas 6

The Dallas Jr. Mounts C team lost a hard-fought battle to Duryea last Sunday, 8-6.

The Dallas defense, led by Austin Goldsmith, Colin Dempsey, Blaine Rex and Drew Patton, held the Wildcats in check all day. The Dallas ball control offense had the ball for almost the entire game, limiting Duryea to just 15 offensive plays for the entire game.

Shawn Henniger, Sean Cuba, Ethan Mooney, Michael Huntington and Ethan Zawatski paved the way up front. The Jr. Mounts took an early 6-0 lead as Josh Lydon struck from 3 yards out in the first quarter. With the game seemingly in hand and with less than two minutes to play, Duryea was able to slip some tackles and break one for 72 yards for the 8-6 win.

D TEAM

Back Mountain 30

Ed-Lark 14

The Back Mountain Bobcats D team capped off its season with a 30-14 victory over the Ed-Lark Hurricanes for its third consecutive win.

An explosive running game was led by Leonard Kelley who put two touchdowns on the board. The play of the day was from Holly Ondish, who showed the boys a burst of speed and scored a 99 1/2 yard touchdown from scrimmage to put the Bobcats ahead for good.

There was great blocking by the offensive line of Travis Martin, Jacob Monko, Colby Kennedy, Bryce Taylor, Damien Conklin, Joshua Schnable and William Labar. Kyle Sweppenheiser, Ethan Adams and Brian Morio added 2-point conversions.

A stout defense led by Blaise Napierkowski with several key tackles, two fumble recoveries by Ethan Adams and a crushing tackling by Matt Whitesell held the Hurricanes to just two scores.

Billy Martin, Dan Meuser, Ben Yanchick and Dale Deyo kept the opposing offense to just a few short gains. Up front, the defensive line of Peyton Shaw, Noah Silver, Dustin Heinrich, Gabe Allen, Connor Morgan, Chase Hector and Aaron Groboski kept the Hurricanes on their heels.

Dallas 30

Duryea 18

The Dallas Jr. Mounts D team put a stamp on the regular season to finish 9-0 by beating the Duryea Wildcats, 30-18.

Freddie Lombardo powered a Dallas running game with three touchdowns on the day. Jacob Esposito added another for the Jr. Mounts behind great blocking by Jacob Brennan, Lucas Shultz and John Cantando.

Alex Hajkowski, Xander Shaner, Ryan Maloney and Kurtis Ryniec put constant pressure on the Wildcats. Hajkowski recovered a fumble and Shaner, Maloney and Ryniec made multiple tackles in the Duryea backfield.