Tewksbury Youth Football

Tewksbury Youth Football Recap Week Four

Youth Division

2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grade

Tewksbury Red 13 Tewksbury Blue 0

Tewksbury Red played a good Tewksbury Blue team and Red battled for four quarters. Offensive standouts for Red were Colin Frasia who scored the Red’s both TDs with Jonah Bennett getting the extra point. Umari Seney, Justin Darrigo, Sean Hirtle, Cooper Lemieux and Jonah Bennett blocked well. On defense the Red Team was strong with Jonah Bennett and Cooper Lemieux muddling up the Blue’s backfield. Sean Hirtle and Damian Ortiz worked hard at the ends to turn the plays in. Richie Bongiorno, Justin Darrigo were in on multiple tackles. Other defensive standouts were AJ Seney, Ryan Mottolo, and Hunter Johnson.

Tewksbury Blue 0 Tewksbury Red 13

Blue started out with the ball but was unsuccessfully with the snap on the 1st 3 tries of the game, they ended up punting the ball to Red. On Red’s 1st play on offense, they broke to the outside and scored 1st to jump out to a quick 8-0 lead. As the 1st quarter continued, Blue offense was trying hard to adjust and move the ball down the field with some solid running from Kenny Ryder (11 carries for 45 yards), Ryan Fleming (9 carries for 75 yards) Nick DeGloria (7 carries for 40 yards), Vincent Ciancio (2 carries for 8 yards) and Cameron Kearney (1 carry for 6 yards). These runs were supported by the offense line made up of Max Mattuchio, Joseph Barletta, Keith Johnston, Jason Svendsen and Alex Dellorusso. As the 1st half came to an end, Red held the lead still at 8-0. In the 2nd half, Blue started on defense and had some outstanding hits/tackles from Andrew Candeloro, Timmy Bradley, William Holloway and Liam Kelly. Both Team Red and Blue continued to stop the run so the passing game came into play. Late in the 4th, QB Nick DeGloria made a great pass to Brady McHugh who broke a few tackles and went for 40 yards, this great run was led by some “down field blocking” by Braydon Aylward, Ryan Benchater and Jason Lavoie. With just under 3 minutes left in the game, Red broke another long run and picked up the 2nd TD of the game but Blue found a way to finish strong with some great tackling from Nicholas Kearney and Kyle Reynolds who both assisted in preventing the 2pt conversion.

Junior Division

5th & 6th Grade

Tewksbury Red Pride 18 – Tewksbury Blue 0

The Tewksbury Red Pride 5th/6th Grade teams continued their winning ways this past week against their formidable hometown rivals Tewksbury Blue Pride. Posting scores of 18-0 and 16-8 respectively in the A and B contests. After trading turnovers to begin the contest it took until midway through the second quarter for the Red Pride to get on the score board. This was set up by a great punt return by Kyle Darrigo that got the ball down to the Blue 5 yard line. Will McKay slashed over the goal line for the first points of the game, extra points failed. Coming out the half leading 6-0 Tewksbury Red found success in the air. Mark Bradley connected with Dan Fleming down the home sideline. Fleming would not be denied the end zone as he shook a pair of tackles en route to a 48 yard touchdown, extra points failed. The Red secondary gave the ball right back to Bradley and the offense after a Colin Bozek interception. This drive was defined on the ground as the Red grinded to the end zone for the final score of the day. The last 25 yards was collected by McKay putting the game out of reach late in the fourth quarter. The Red defense held off the passing attack of the Blue and managed to stifle the run to capture the second shutout of the season. The secondary of Bradley, McKay, Bozek, Fleming and Ethan Exilhomme bent but never broke while facing numerous passing attempts. Applying pressure to the Blue passers and defending the front lines was Gage Dobson, Steve Arsenault, Lucas Tryder, Anthony Opp and Gavin Thomesett. Also giving a strong defensive showing was provided by linebackers Darrigo and Kyle McHugh.

The Red Pride’s B team picked up right where the A team left off. Aidan Hartmen scored the first points of the day with a 5 yard TD run. Dan Fleming ran in the extra points to put the Red Pride up 8-0. Dan Fleming ran for a 50 yard touchdown; with Aidan Hartman adding the extra points to give the Red Pride a 16-0 lead. The Red Pride’s defense played well all day with big plays from Brady Renn, Aiden Leffler and Ben Svendsen. Blue Pride scored a late touchdown to cut the score to 16-8 but the threat was ended when Fleming caused a fumble with a minute left to secure the Red Pride’s victory and improving their record to 4-0. Other contributors in the win were Jacob Mellen, Patrick Marcley, Justin Flynn and Sean Lane.

Tewksbury Blue 0 Tewksbury Red 18

The two local teams faced each other on a picture perfect day for football. The Red team came into the game with a 3 – 0 record and faced the Blue with a 2-1 record on the season. All week these players knew it would be a contest. The Blue team was pretty banged up losing two starters to concussions prior to the game and knew they had to have a mistake free game. That was not the case during this contest and the Red proved too powerful on defense and stifled the explosiveness of the Blue offense during the day. Both teams played well but in the end the Red’s offense took advantage of mistakes from the Blue and managed to score three touchdowns on the day. The well-coached Red team had an excellent defensive game plan that saw the Blue team struggle during the contest never really getting off the ground. Lexcia St. Cyr had an excellent day for the Blue on both offense and defense. She had support from Alex Newcomb, Owen Hernandez, Mike Duggan, and Asa Deroche. Drew Timmons replace Cam Paolillo as Quarterback after Cam was hurt Thursday night at practice and is out for a few weeks due to a concussion. Drew had a solid performance under the circumstances. Daniel Lightfoot, Rory Power, Mike Kelly, Sean Fahey and Hunter DeLonais all played well. Sean Kaiser, Nick Tracy, and Richie Lavargna had some excellent plays on defense. In the end the Red proved too powerful for the Blue team today. The Blue face another explosive team in Lowell this Saturday at Livingston in a must win match to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Tewksbury Blue Pride Junior Varsity - 8 Tewksbury Red Pride Junior Varsity - 16

Blue Pride Junior Varsity would face off this past Saturday against their in town rival Red Pride Junior Varsity. The game that ensued would not disappoint onlookers .The match up would test the skills of 2 very competitive teams. The Red team would come out on top with a final score of 16 – 8 but the game was hard fought on both sides. The blue pride was tough on defense with hardnosed plays on defense by interior lineman Cullain Johnson, Mike Wilson, Evan Silva and Abe Figueroa. Outside Linemen duties were handled by Nick Wilson, John Cuchinotta, Cameron Lamoureaux and Robert Ryan. Defensive end work was handled by Owen Hernandez and Nick Bobadilla. The defensive backfield consisted of Linebackers Sean Kaiser, Tyler Leeds and Trevor Trodden. Cornerbacks for the game were Aiden Trulli and Nick Tracy. Safety for the game was Evan Manuel. The Defense would keep the Blue Pride in the game until the offense would find its way in the 4th Quarter and come alive with passes thrown by quarterback Rory Powers to receivers Mike Duggan and Nick Tracy. It would be Nick who would score the lone touchdown and Rory would follow up with the points after. The team would have a late rally that would end with a turnover after a fumble and thereby ending Blue Prides chances of tying the game. The Blue Prides Jr Varsity would like to congratulate the Red Prides Jr Varsity on their win.

Senior Division

7th & 8th Grade

Tewksbury Red Pride JV 26 – Andover 6

The Tewksbury Red Pride JV team improved its record to 2-1 after a very impressive 26-6 victory over Andover. This victory was not only impressive because Tewksbury dominated the game from start to finish, but also considering the fact that Tewksbury’s JV team is comprised of all 7th graders while the Andover squad was comprised of all 8th graders. Tewksbury jumped out right from the start. After forcing a punt on Andover’s first possession, Tewksbury went on a long time consuming drive which included a nice 14 yard reception by Matt Rosemond down to the 1 yard line. Shane Aylward finished off the drive followed by Nolan Timmons punching in the conversion for a 8-0 lead. The big boys upfront (Rob Kimtis, Mike Woodford, James Makenzie, Ryan Keane, Sean Oliveira, Mike Rosa, Kyle Scrooc) exerted their will on the Andover defensive front on the next drive which featured big gains by Jacob Bragg and Richie Markwarth. It was Jake Kaiser who finished it off in style with an 11 yard scamper to the end zone putting Tewksbury up 14-0 at the half. The dynamic duo of Timmons to Aylward hooked up again for another long TD pass and catch striking this time from 70 yards out. On its final scoring drive it was Evan Mantel’s turn to show off his arm as he passed the offense right down the field before hitting Tyler Keough in the end zone for a 12 yard hook-up. Andover added a late score to make the final 26-6. Not to be outdone, the defense came to play today and frustrated Andover’s attack all game long with a total team effort. Upfront it was Kenny Wilson, Brodie Tirrell, Paul Manzi, Pat Letourneau, Anthony Iannacci, Matt Houghton, Owen Gilligan, Pat Fleming, Jared Doyle, Aidan Doherty, Anthony Diminico, Anthony Desisto, Ryan Briley, Matt Brennan and Dustan Bere all doing the job. The defensive backfield of Sean Phaneuf, Nicky Iannacci, Connor Charron and Joey Branchaud were kept busy with Andover’s spread formations and passing attack but they more than rose to the occasion. The Red Pride will look to keep the momentum going next week as they host Timberlane and they hope for the return of some key injured players Ryan Day, Santion Garofalo and JP Murphy.