Oswego Youth Tackle Football Week 3 Scores

8U ORANGE 26 – Kaneland Back 0
Oswego 8u orange continued its hot start with a dominant 25-7 victory to run its record to 3-0. 8U Orange jumped out to a 12-0 lead at halftime for the third week in a row. Hunter Amelio started the scoring with a nice touchdown run, his 5th rushing touchdown of the season. On the ensuing drive, Ethan Pilip picked off a pass and then followed it up with a rushing touchdown of his own, his 1st of the season. Standout running back Dylan Cathey was bottled up in the 1st half, but he exploded for 2 long touchdown runs in the second half for his 2nd and 3rd touchdowns of the season. The offensive line paved the way for a huge rushing output once again, lead by Colton Pennington, Jeff Hernandez, Tristan Thomas, Teddy Manikas, Nolan Hutchings, and Cam Loghmani with Abrahem Abdallah stepping into the starting left tackle position and doing an excellent job. Nate LaFan, Gage Poquette, and Tysen Marshall also filled in admirably when their number was called. The defense was dominant from start to finish, allowing the 1st points of the season on a last minute touchdown after jumping out to a 25-0 lead. Conor Konken was making plays all over the field with multiple tackles for loss. The interception by Ethan Pilip gave 8U orange its 2nd interception in as many weeks. Noah Deist, Ethan Emmick, Dylan Cathey, and Hunter Amelio continued their strong play in leading the 8U Orange defense. Next week Oswego orange will face its toughest test of the season, facing an undefeated Yorkville white team at Yorkville. Teddy Manikas was awarded the offensive game ball for his consistent blocking and Connor Konken was awarded the defensive game ball for his impactful defensive performance.

8U BLUE 0 – Yorkville White 27
8U blue lost a tough game on Saturday to Yorkville white. The OYTF boys played a great game and worked hard, despite the many obstacles they faced throughout the game. Every player made great contributions on offense, defense, and special teams. 8U blue is ready to get back to work this week and go for a win next weekend.

4th GRADE ORANGE 26 – Kaneland Black 0
On Saturday, September 3rd, the Oswego Orange 4th grade team took on the Kaneland Knights at home. The first drive of the game set the tone as Oswego marched down the field and scored on an Anthony Massoth run up the middle. The Oswego defense was in its usual dominant form as it shut down every attempt that Kaneland could muster up. On the second drive of the game, the Oswego offense again moved methodically down the field but this time Oswego fumbled and Kaneland recovered. The Oswego defense stepped up again; this time it was Ayden Villa who intercepted a Kaneland pass and took it in for a touchdown! Oswego's Brett Connolly would later connect with Michael Kelly on a 25 yard pass, taking Oswego down to Kaneland's 1 yard line. Anthony Massoth would score again on a short yardage run, capping off the outstanding Oswego drive. Oswego's outstanding offensive production was led by the offensive line play of Michael Kelly, Bradley Stratton, Nathan Harker, CJ Reyes, Louie Cikauskas Mikey Claycombe and Kevin O'Grady. Oswego led Kaneland 20-0 at the half. In the second half, Oswego's Andy Pohlman led all offensive players scoring on a 45 yard run as he blasted past the Kaneland defense. Oswego's defenders Lucas Andersen, Joey Hartmann and CJ Reyes continued to swarm the Kaneland Knights securing its second shutout of the season wrapping up the game with a final score of 26-0. Oswego looks to take its 3-0 record on the road on Saturday September 10th at 11am when they travel to Yorkville to take on the 2-1 Yorkville White 4th grade team.

5th GRADE ORANGE 20 – Yorkville 7
The defense showed up against Yorkville Saturday with an interception by linebacker Noah Vera and a strong pass rush led by Taiden Thomas with 2 sacks, Johnny Cannavino, Marco Bellanca, Grifen Brown, Bryce Woods & Brandon Becker continued the assault with multiple plays in the back field. The line backing core of Colin O’Grady, Julian Rivera, Payton Hammond, Tryell Husband, Luke Montalto & Austin Campos kept the running game contained and the defensive backs played great pass coverage and supported the run throughout the game lead by Owen Carlson, Devin White, Andrew Karsten, Grant Zegar, Logan Krisch, Owen Fitzgerald, Mike Mellas & Abe Hansen.
The offense scored 3 touchdowns, 2 great touchdown runs by Devin White and 1 by Johnny Cannavino. The offensive line played great opening up holes throughout the day led by Dalton Platt, Ben Pavlick, Ryan Pass, Joey Abdallah, Woods, Thomas, Bellanca, Brown & O’Grady. In a key moment in the 4th quarter on a fourth and 1, the line opened up a hole for the 2nd of Devin White’s touchdowns to seal the victory. Next Saturday is a rematch against Kaneland Silver as the 10U Orange looks to avenge the opening day loss.

6th GRADE ORANGE 0 – Kaneland Black 28
The Panthers had their work cut out for them this week, as they took on a Kaneland Knights Defense that has only allowed 2 TD's this year. The Knights defense was aggressive and swarming toward the ball causing 3 turnovers on the day, as the Panthers were unable to score for the first time this year.
The Oswego defense didn't have it any easier, and the Knights potent offense was able to rip off a couple of big plays early on and went up 14-0 at the quarter. The Panthers figured them out, and made some adjustments. First year player CB Sam Bombrys made the transition from Offense to Defense for the first time, and proved to be a force, allowing 0 completions, and pitching in with 2 tackles and 2 assists. With Sam anchoring the edge, they were able to shut down the outside forcing Kaneland to earn tough yards in the middle. The Knights continued to pound the ball, and found it much tougher in the middle as they ran into defensive standouts Riley "RJ" Taves, and Gabriel Kiely. RJ had 3 tackles and 3 assists, while Gabriel was in on 5 tackles and 3 assists. With pace now slowed, Kaneland managed one long tough drive for another score, then added 2 more TD's late as they were able to convert on turnovers.

6th GRADE BLUE 12 – Red Hawks 6
OYTF 6th grade Blue Panthers beat the Naperville Red hawks on Saturday by a score of 12 – 6. The Panthers made the most of their offensive opportunities as they only had the ball three times for the entire game. The panthers scored touchdowns on two of their three possessions. Mike Polubinski scored two touchdowns as he rushed for 78 yards. The Panther defense was strong as they had strong defensive stands to end of each half. The Panther defense ended the Red Hawks’ drive just before half time with an interception by Will Bass. The Panther defense also stopped the Red Hawk drive at the Panther four yard line just before the end of the game.

7th GRADE BLUE 0 – Metea 28
The Oswego Blue 7th grade Panthers took on the Meta Valley Mustangs on September the 4th at the home of the Panthers on a very nice Sunday morning and it turned out to be a day for the Mustangs as they were able to score five touchdowns and cruised to a 32 to 0 victory, even tho the Panthers fought hard it was not meant to be. The offense had great blocking from Alvan Alvarado, and Preston Lewis. The defense was lead by Ben Holzer, Max Gardner, and a fumble recovery from Zach Harpley.

7th GRADE ORANGE 8 – Naperville North 49
7th grade Orange loses to Naperville North 46-8. Kaleb Driver along with Emery Vera and Emmanuel Seaton played great in the defense backfield against one of the top quarterbacks/wide receiver combinations in the league. First year player Kyle Montalto stepped up this week with strong run support and a pass deflection. Alex Massoth was strong at center helping block for a 60 yd touchdown run by Julian Rodriguez.

8th GRADE ORANGE 22 – Sandwich 0
Oswego Orange 8th grade played host to Sandwich this weekend. A quick and scoreless first quarter came to an end when Brendan Watkins intercepted a sandwich pass in Sandwich territory, ending any threat. The Oswego offense got to work quickly at the start of the second quarter. Motivated blocking from Carter Anderson, Donovan Layton, Brenden Watkins, Dylan Mahon and Otto Hess allowed Oswego to move the ball down field in chunks before Connor Neblock scored first on a 12 yard run. Luke Childers pounded in the extra point for an 8-0 lead. Sandwich threated late in the second quarter after a nice scramble and completion left them with first and goal from the 2 yard line, but the Panthers defense stiffened. Jonathan Rivas and Roberto Bonilla applied pressure up the middle while Luke Childers and Otto Hess recorded sacks on consecutive plays to end the half and the threat. Thomas Jagoda ended Sandwiches first drive in the third quarter with the first of his two interceptions, and Anthony Cikauskas scored on an incredible 20 yard run on the next play, fighting off two defenders and diving across the goal line as he scored. The Oswego defense cemented in the 4th quarter. Richard Taves had a sack and a pass breakup, George Alba and Brendan Watkins had big tackles and Cyrus Loghmani and Zach cook applied pressure in the backfield. The Panthers scored again in the 4th quarter on a great pass from Dylan Allen to Dominic Karl, who beat two defenders for the ball in the back corner of the end zone. Allen and Karl also connected on a pass for the conversion, running the final score to Oswego 22, Sandwich 0.

8TH GRADE BLUE 0 – Oswego East 20
On Sunday, the 8th grade blue Panthers went up against the undefeated defending Champs Oswego East. The Panthers threatened first, but fumbled the ball inside the 20, after back and forth possessions, East struck first to take a 6-0 halftime lead. Second half was much of the same. The Panthers couldn't get much going offensively and East took a 12-0 lead going into the 4th quarter. East tacked on a late TD to win the game 20-0...the game was much closer than the score but the Panthers could not overcome 5 turnovers. Great defensive performances by Aidan Tweedy, Tyler Curtin & Antonio Hughes. The 2 & 1 Panthers will look to get back on track against Kaneland this Sunday.

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