Youth Tigers Football Report: Week 9

Leaguewide note: The 11-Year-Old Red team has been invited to play at Stony Brook University's LaValle Stadium prior to the high-school all-star game for conferences I and II. The all-star game is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 24and the Youth Tigers will play at 6 p.m. Come cheer on the Tigers!


9-Year-Old Black                                                                                                                       
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Highlights: Our boys played Smithtown under the lights at home Saturday night and the first quarter went scoreless as the two defenses pounded the opposition. The Tigers burst onto the field in the second quarter with a series of first downs. Ben Sandt QB threw the perfect block opening a hole for Justin Gerdvil RB and allowing a first down. Matt Cannon RB followed with a great run for another ten yard gain. Great blocking by linemen Joe Bica LT, Bobby Monaco RT, Aidan Brown LE and Alex Pica RE allowed Northport to control the field and to drive Smithtown back for our first touchdown which was run in by Justin. The extra point put the Tigers up by seven at the end of the first half. The second half saw a 55 yard run by Jake Binomi RB, but Smithtown stopped the Tigers short of a second goal. Tiger's defense continued to shut Smithtown down through the third quarter. Jeremy Gerdvil RLB stripped the ball and Northport's Will Chisholm RDE recovered it.  In the final quarter Smithtown was able to get to the goal and the game ended in Northport's win 7-6.                                                                                                     
This Week: Final Game – Kings Park at Home

9 -Year-Old Red
Last Week: Northport 33 – Commack 6                                                                                                Highlights: Northport's offense opened with a 10 play drive which saw all three of Northport's running backs getting into the mix.  Solid runs by RBs Sal Miccio and Nick Tabert set up the 33 yard TD sprint by Ryan Smith.  Miccio made it 7-0 when he scored on the XP attempt.  Northport's defense was not to be outdone, 3 plays and -7 yards later Commack was forced to punt.  PR Ryan Smith returned the ball 17 yards to the Commack 31 yard line.  Miccio scored the first of his 3 TDS with a 18 yard run that was set up by a crushing block by RB Nick Tabert.  QB Christopher Gessner following the solid blocks of his C Ronan Cooney, LG Jackson Armstrong and RG Christopher Lembo went in untouched on the XP increasing Northport's lead 14-0.  On the 1st play of the second half Northport's LB Will Loeber recovered a fumble @ the Commack 25 yard line.  Miccio scored his 2nd TD on a 15 yard run.  Commack showed that they were not giving up, driving 10 plays to score just as the 3 Qtr. ended with the score Northport 20 and Commack 6.  Northport's offense went back to work, Miccio took the handoff and after shedding a couple of would-be tacklers rambled 41 yards to the BIG HOUSE!.  Commack offense determined to answer took the field, but Northport's defense would have none of it.  Big tackles and plays were made by LB Ronan Cooney, NT Sterling Thompson, DT Joseph Bilello, DT Henry Miller, DT Ethan Bluver and LB Aidan Jolly forcing a turn over on downs at the Commack 46 yard line.  Northport's offense now led by QB Will Loeber took only 3 plays to score, tough runs by RBs Joseph Giardina and Justin Schmeiser set up a 29 yard TD dash by AJ Ranieri to end the game Northport 33 - Commack 6.                                                                       
Season Record: 8-1                                                                                                                                   
This Week: Northport's final game of the season is @ Smithtown

10 -Year-Old Red                                                                                                                                         Last Week: Northport 0  -  West Islip 18                                                                                                        Highlights: Northport played an intense game against undefeated West Islip. Northport's defense led by Jake Geres, Bobby Bruno, and Stephen Muzyka played outstanding but was worn down by a powerful West Islip offense. The offense led by Christian Clemente, tried it's best to move the ball but was stopped close to the goal line on several occasions.                                                           
This Week: at Kings Park
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Last Week: Northport 0 - East Islip 0                                                                                                                 
Highlights: Northport traveled to East Islip, one of the power houses of the division.  The scouting report said they had a strong defense, just like Northport's.  It was a cold and windy day and the two offenses just could not get it in the end zone. The defenses were just too stout, turnovers, interceptions, and out on downs. Northport's defense deserves all the credit on this one.  The lineman of David Weber, Jordan Gerbino, Sean Martinov, Mike Mihailin, Bobby Labatto and Jack Atkinson kept the pressure on the quarterback all day.  The linebackers JT Starcke, Mike Chapman, and Sean Kenny kept plugging up the wholes and blitzing all day, blowing up everything in sight.  The secondary of Mike Monahan, James Amarante, Liam Parker, Jack Boyle, Jake Cody, and Alec D'Amaro did not let anything get behind them the entire game. The offense, lead by its leader, the quarterback Jack Atkinson had there hands full.  The offensive Line of Mike Monahan, Jordan Gerbino, Mike Chapman, Matt Semeraro, Jack Boyle, James Amarante, Jake Cody, and Liam Parker, did their best protecting and opening holes for the backfield. The backfield of Sean Kenny, Bobby Labatto, JT Starcke, Alec D'Amaro and David Weber showed promise but just could not get things going as hard as necessary. All said and done, to walk away with a tie is a great accomplishment for these boys. A tough, good, smashmouth defensive battle.                                    
 Season Record: 4-4-1                                                                                                                                              
This Week: at Commack 9am

11-Year-Old Black
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Last Week: Northport 12 – Islip 18                                                                                                               Highlights: The Tigers suffered a tough loss Sunday to Islip. Down 12-0 in the first quarter Northport battled back. Jack Golden scored on a 60 yard run, with key blocks by Connor Cronin, Andrew Havrilla, Pat O'Brien, Kyle Dodge and Patton DeRosa. Northport scored on its first drive of the second Half with big first down runs by Liam Napolitano and pass receptions by Brandon Carner. Golden broke free for a 40yd run to tie the score at 12. Islip scored late in the fourth quarter to take the lead 18-12. Conner Fitzgerald led the defense with 10 tackles.                                                                                                                                                    
Season Record: 4-4-1

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Last Week: Northport 19 – Islip 0 / Tues.11-09  Northport 14,  Huntington 0                                                                                                                      
Highlights: vs. Islip- Northport began the Game on Offense and went right to work, scoring on a 60yd sweep left by RB Dylan Hunter, the extra point added by Sean Chin. The Tiger's "D" set the tone early, with Sean Truehart, Brian Porter, Joe Barry, Greg Hardenfelder, Connor Madden, & Packey Tittman spending their day in Islip's backfield. Northport scored again when RB Sean Chin dragged tacklers into the End Zone from 4yds out making it 13-0. The 2nd Half was more of the same on Defense, with a Fumble caused by Chin & Engellis,was recovered by Truehart. The Offense kept pounding the ball on the ground. RB Joe Leonick was banging thru bodies on multiple carries for 1st downs, with RB Conner Murdoch getting the same tough yards he gets weekly & RB Brian Ford getting into the mix. The Game was over when RB Preston Engellis took a Blast up the middle, out-racing the Defense to the End Zone for 6 more!    vs. Huntington- In a rematch of  town rivals, Northport came out on top again. It was mostly a Defensive battle until the 4th Qtr.  A spark was lit when a Punt by Will Voss was mishandled by Huntington and recovered by Tommy Thall on the Tigers 12yd line. RB Conner Murdoch then broke free for 88yds and a TD. With 4 minutes left, the Game was sealed when RB Preston Engellis spun out of tackles and sprinted into the End Zone for a 46yd TD.                                             
 Season Record: 6-3                                                                                                                                       
This Week: Home Saturday 11/13 vs. North Shore 4:40pm