Fairfield Giants Week 4 Roundup

JR VARSITY

~Giants Jr Varsity team lost a toe to toe battle with the Steelers of New Haven 20-12. Fairfield took their 1st drive 65 yards controlling the clock for the entire 1st quarter. The drive ended when QB Nick Morris hit RB Mike Innaimo on a roll-out pass from the 10 yard line. Morris would strike again in Q2, hitting WR Declan O'Hara on a 20 yard slant (PAT Blocked), taking a 12-8 lead into halftime. New Haven would strike twice in the 2nd half, with two 50 yard broken play runs around the end. The JV team will battle Warwick, R.I. this Sunday 2pm at Sullivan Field..Home of the Fairfield Giants!!

PEE WEE

~The Fairfield Giants Pee Wee team went to Manchester and dominated on both sides of the ball winning 36-0. Manchester had no answer for the talented Giant backfield. The Giants hit hard and fast with Tommy Kramer leading the offense and Joe Delia scoring on the first drive. The defense swarmed all day, causing a safety in the first half. Defensive standouts were Mickey Lau, Mac Gleason , Michael Selca and Mathew Selca. With Manchester forced to kick off; Michael Loya returned it adding to the lead and before the half ended Jack Melbourne found the end zone. The second half the Giants didn't let up with Jordan Davis connecting with Justyn Davis for a touchdown and the game ended with Tommy Kramer scoring on a QB sneak. Coach Paul Atala was excited with the offensive line controlling the line of scrimmage all day led by Joey Macri, Chance de la Garrigue, Mathew Mitchell, Timothy Bango-Josko and Conner Westerlund.

JR PEE WEE

~Fairfield's JPW team hosts division leader Milford this Sunday. Coach Anderson's Giants defeated the Eagles at Milford in 2015

MITEY MITE SR BLACK

~The Giants Mitey Mite Sr Black team traveled to Milford and limited the Eagles to three first downs; scoring on 5 of their 7 possessions. Fairfield opened the game with a seven play drive featuring runs by Finbar Malloy, Conrad Burki and TJ Cirilli capped by Malloy scrambling 13 yards for the first score. The Giant defense led by Mason Frey, Charlie Mahoney and Luke Shannehan shut down all running lanes for the Eagles giving Fairfield the ball back at Milford's 30 yard line. Fairfield's offensive line saw Will Donahue, Frey, Brooks Reynold, Billy Mitchell and Charlie Mahoney open lanes and RB Ricky Bates ran 22 yards to set up first and goal. Fairfield's Mitchell punched it in to make it 12-0 Giants. Fairfield's defense repeatedly shut down Milford giving the Giants the ball three more times in Eagle territory. The Giants capitalized with Cirilli going to the air and hitting Mahoney for a 6 yard score and the PAT. Up 19-0, Fairfield RB Shannehan found the end zone after a 16 yard run with Matthew McManus adding the PAT making it 26-0. Fairfield RBs Frey, Reynolds and Shannehan kept grinding it out until the half. The Giants continued pressuring the Eagles behind Colm Watke, Ryan Murray, Malloy, Mitchell and Cirilli. Fairfield took over in Eagle territory again. Giant QB Cirilli ran a bootleg for 20 yards for the first down before hitting Burki for a 20 yard TD catch lifting Fairfield 32-0. Andrew Barnaby came on for the extra point but couldn't convert the kick.

MITEY MITE SR WHITE

~MMSR White lost to Hamden 0-33. The score didn't reflect how hard the boys competed and controlled the middle of the field. Fairfield moved the ball well behind the leadership of QB Justin Toothaker although couldn't get inside Hamden's red zone. Lawson Leibrock, Liam Bond, Ryan Tompson and Beckett Hallama comprised the Giants running attack behind great offensive line efforts of Braeden Aronson, Grayson Preshlack, Ben Zuckerman, Sam Trautman and others. Fairfields defense continues to be very tough against inside rushing attempts but was more vulnerable to long plays that broke outside. Cole Westerlund, Creed Rollins, Angelo Boci and RJ Patrignelli had some tremendous tackles throughout the game. Despite the lopsided score, the Giants achieved more first downs than their opponent and just missed connecting on some long pass attempts.