The Hillsborough Dukes open their 2017 season with multiple wins

Hillsborough Dukes Pop Warner opened their 50th Anniversary season with impressive wins on multiple levels. While the Dukes Flag Football team scrimmaged against Bound Brook Pop Warner, the Mighty Mite, Jr. Pee Wee and Pee Wee teams brought home wins.

Dukes Mighty Mite Football

Sunday, August 27, 2017, the Hillsborough Dukes Mighty Mite football team opened up their season against the Montgomery Wildcats at Montgomery High School. The Dukes went on to win 32-0 with touchdowns scored by by Ryan Spinelli, Lucas Rollans, Kevin Jones, and 2 by Quinn Hayden. The Dukes defense stepped up with a solid plays led by William Hayes and Quinn Hayden with notable tackles, sacks and forced fumbles with recoveries from Tyler Pirog, Alex Zysk, Quinn Hayden & Kevin Jones. The entire team had a stellar day on the field. Next week the Dukes Mighty Mite team is scheduled to play Manville, in Manville at 10:30 AM.

Dukes Jr. Pee Wee Football

It was a great way to start the 2017 season for the Hillsborough Dukes Junior Pee Wee team. Cole Hayden with a 20 yard TD run. Brenden Barker with the point after attempt run was good. Peter Sorbera with a 20 yard TD run. Jackson Jankowicz ran the point after attempt which was good. Cole Hayden added a 50 yard run for a TD. Edryn Morales with a 15 yard run for TD. Logan McDermid and Heath Miller picked up key first downs to set up the touchdowns. Cole Hayden at a 50 yard fumble recovery for a TD. Defense led by David Dewberry and Branden Barker on multiple tackles. Defense shut the Flemington Falcons out. The Dukes held them to three first downs all game. Making final score: 32-0

Dukes Pee Wee Football

Sunday afternoon the Hillsborough Dukes Pee Wee football team travelled to Ralston Field to open their season against the Hamilton Revolution, an out of conference opponent that regularly wins championships in one of the largest Pop Warner conferences in the country. Despite being undersized and outnumbered, the Dukes squad battled to a 6-0 victory behind impressive defensive performances by Luke Scott, Justin LeBron, Brady Post and rookie sensation Jackson Roberts. Just before halftime, quarterback Jack Moran connected with Jack O’Donnell for a 62 yard touchdown pass. Those would be the only points of the afternoon as the Dukes defense withstood a ground and aerial attack by the Revolution, including a red zone defensive stand late in the fourth quarter. “I couldn’t be happier with how our boys played today,” said head coach Mike Spinelli after the game. “We have some things to clean up on both sides of the ball but special teams performed well and our defense flew around and kept us in the game all afternoon.” The Hillsborough Dukes Pee Wee team will take the weekend off before traveling again on September 10th to take on the Franklin Township Pop Warner Warriors at Middlebush Park in Somerset, New Jersey.

See more of the Dukes 2017 schedule at www.hillsboroughdukes.com as well as information for the 50th Anniversary celebration scheduled for 09/23/17 and 09/24/17.