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WYOMING VALLEY WEST YOUTH FOOTBALL CONFERENCE SUPER BOWL

Two Back Mountain teams are Super Bowl winners

Kingston Township 14

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Dallas Jr. Mounts B team cheerleaders and players check out their team banner.

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Bret Storrs of the Kingston Township Raiders pushes off Justin Hutchins to get around the defensive line.

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The Kingston Township Raiders B team won the Super Bowl championship with a 14-0 victory over the previously-undefeated Dallas Jr. Mounts last Sunday at Lake-Lehman High School field, improving their season record to 9-2.

The Raiders’ defense turned in its eighth shutout of the season as the team won its fourth Wyoming Valley West Youth Football Conference Super Bowl.

The Raiders’ defense kept the potent Dallas offense scoreless behind solid defensive line play led by David Edwards, Jason Anderson, Ryan Martin, Michael Golden and Connor Motley. The line was backed up by linebackers Kyle Piskorik, Ricky Morgan and Brett Storrs.

The passing defense was led by cornerbacks Nick Mathers, Christian Roberts and safety Peter Capitano. Starting cornerback Tanner Gattuso went down with a knee injury and was unable to complete the game.

On offense, the Raiders counted on a power running game behind the blocking of Mitch Kelly, Ryan Martin, Abdul Almeky, Michael Golden and David Edwards. There was fine outside blocking by receivers Jay Culp and Matthew Mathers.

The Raiders were able to move the ball downfield behind the power running of Bret Storrs and the outside running efforts of Connor Motley and Peter Capitano.

Two scores by Bret Storrs proved to be enough for this team of players to win.

D TEAM

Dallas 14

Duryea 8

The Dallas Jr. Mounts capped off their perfect 11-0 season on Sunday with a 14-8 victory over Duryea.

Duryea took the first possession of the game down to the Dallas 3-yard line before Hunter Love, Freddie Lombardo and Kurtis Ryniec stepped up to stop the Wildcats on fourth down. Dallas then marched 97 yards to take a6-0 lead on a touchdown run by Jacob Esposito from the 3-yard line. Esposito set up the touchdown with a 70-yard scamper behind key blocks from Jack Gallis, Jacob Brennan and Xander Shaner.The Dallas defense, led by Jack Farrell, Ryan Maloney and Christian Sebastianelli, held the Wildcats’ offense in check all afternoon. Jared Adamski, Ethan Sult and Alex Hajowski made several tackles in the Duryea back field.

Lombardo added a second Dallas touchdown and 2-point conversion in the third quarter behind great blocking from Michael Lukasavage, Collin Ziess, Josh Peters, Matt Lukasavage and Lucas Shultz. A core group of 7-year-olds, including Love, Lombardo, Ryniec, Esposito, Gallis, Shaner, Brennan, Farrell, Maloney, Sebastianelli and Ziess, have run their record to 23-0 over the past two years and have now won back to back Super Bowl Championships.

A TEAM

Kingston 20

Back Mountain 12

The Back Mountain Bobcats A team came up on the short end of a 20-12 game against the Kingston Huskies in Super Bowl action in the Wyoming Valley West Youth Football Conference.

PJ Konnick and Dylan Pilger each scored a touchdown for the Bobcats.

Huskies Matt Klinges had two touchdowns and Eric Acosta had one touchdown in Kingston’s winning effort.

C TEAM

Exeter 14

Kingston Township 0

In C team action, the Panthers of Exeter shut out the Kingston Township Raiders, 14-0.